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“For example, the questions that say, "Would you prefer..." "Would you prefer (a) Answer questions about what you do, (b) Answer questions about what you know, (c) Answer questions about what you think?
My answer is "Depends." But it's not one of the choices. I am having to think in terms of Always, Sometimes, Never.”
― The Collected Stories
My answer is "Depends." But it's not one of the choices. I am having to think in terms of Always, Sometimes, Never.”
― The Collected Stories

“I often feel the effects of people only after they leave me.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories

“So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.”
― Survivor
― Survivor

“I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.”
― In The Cemetery Where Al Jolsen is Buried
― In The Cemetery Where Al Jolsen is Buried

“And it was the first time that I believed the claim that you can help a person more by asking them the right question than by giving them the answer.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
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