This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.
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Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.
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A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.
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Once I've discovered the story, I might restructure it, maybe move things around, set up a clue that something is going to happen later, but that happens much later in an editorial capacity.
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I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door.
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I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.
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