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Katherine Paterson Quotes: I love revisions…We can’t go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.
         

I love revisions…We can’t go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.


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I love revisions…We can’t go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.
         



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