“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”

— Fay Weldon

Life Force (1992) Source: [Kakutani, Michiko, 1992-02-07, Books of The Times; Fallout From a Multitude of Liaisons, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/books/books-of-the-times-fallout-from-a-multitude-of-liaisons.html, New York Times, 2020-02-12]

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English author, essayist and playwright 1931

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