Thursday, December 16, 2004

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.
--Virginia Woolf

I am watching. My own life will never be enough for me. It is a congenital condition, my only, only disease in an otherwise lucky life. I am a watcher, an outsider whether I like it or not, and I'm stuck with the dangers that go along with it. And the rewards.
--Carol Shields

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