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Rita Dove

"I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person."

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"I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person."

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"But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god."

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"I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing."
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"For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art."
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