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" I will never write fiction. "
Svetlana Alexievich
Will
Write
Fiction
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" I have always grappled with the fact that the truth cannot be packaged into one soul or one mind alone. It is something fragmented: there is so much to it; the truth is varied and scattered across the world. "
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" I collect the everyday life of feelings, thoughts, and words. I collect the life of my time. "
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" I was always meant to study the humanities; I was no good at math or sciences. When it came time for me to work, it was Soviet times, and journalism wasn't that free or interesting of a space. There was a lot of censorship; it was difficult. "
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