I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
Joan Didion
I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Joan Didion
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one’s own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. Joan Didion
The second quote…. there’s truth there, writing to find what we are thinking… Brings everything into focus in some way
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Yeah I agree, she says it so succinctly and that’s exactly what it’s about right? Just exploring what profoundly matters and often times this is what matters to others as well 🙂
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