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Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft Quotes: We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.
         

We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.


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We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.
         



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