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I'm So Proud That My Offspring Became A Musician. I'm Full Of Awe That We Are Able To Have A Whole Family Live The Life Of Artists.

When Alone I Am Not Aware Of My Race Or My Sex, Both In Need Of Social Contexts For Definition.

It Seems That Writing Chose Me. I Feel That Because I Know History, And I Know The History Of So Many Cultures; I Have Lived A Large Life.

Attraction Eludes Control So Stubbornly That Whole Societies Designed To Organize Relationships Among People Cannot Keep Order, Not Even When They Bind People To One Another From Childhood And Raise Them Together.

Joy And Life Exist Nowhere But The Present.