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“Clichés so often befall vain people.”

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Ann Beattie

Source: Walks with Men

“It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken dinner at a drive-in. A soft pillow. Things that don't need explaining.”

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Ann Beattie

Source: Walks with Men

“Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson.”

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Ann Beattie

Source: Walks with Men