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Claire Messud

“You could control what you did, if you wanted to....Was it efficient? Was it productive? ...So many people didn't bother -- a kind of stupidity...a lack of vision, or purpose. Anyone who said they just woke up and found themselves in the place they'd always wanted to be was lying; and anyone who believed such a person was a fool. It was all a matter of will.”

Claire Messud, The Emperor's Children
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The Emperor's Children The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
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