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" Oftentimes, I need to write about something in order to understand it. "
Elizabeth Berg
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" Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with. "
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" You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing a rarefied type of brain surgery and therefore should not be subject to a million random interruptions. "
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" It is one thing to see your friend dance around a table when she's 25, quite another thing to see her doing it when she's 62. "
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" We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not. "
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" People see 'tradition' as something stultifying, old, and rigid, nothing that has meaning or application for us today. But families shouldn't have to follow the blueprint of the old. They can make family traditions out of whatever makes them feel comfortable and helps bring a sense of order and stability to their lives. "
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