I Don't Want It To Be All That Self-conscious Or Artificial, But It Really Grows Out Of My Having Invented Myself As A Listener So That I Could Hear Her Voice. - SearchQuotes

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I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.

Russell Banks

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