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Joan Didion Quotes: Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
         

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.


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To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.



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We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.



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I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.



Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.



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We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.



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The fear is for what is still to be lost.



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Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.



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