“Writing is hard…. Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.”

—  Cheryl Strayed, book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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