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Tracy Kidder

"The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression."

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"Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living."
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"You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness."
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"At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done."
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