“Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said.”

Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

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American short story author and poet 1938–1988

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