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Literature more often tells the story of impulses we don't act on than of ones we do. I could joke about the Cain and Abel story with my brother without expecting him to be worried, though it's always possible he was more anxious than he let on.
Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson
Born: Aug 25, 1942

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