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Grace Paley

"I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander."

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"I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander."

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"Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I'llunderstand myself right into the nearest mental asylum."

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