The Only Joy I Had Was Writing What Was. That Book Was. It No Longer Amuses Me To Be All The Things I Was When I Wrote That. But It Is My Story As I Was Then. - SearchQuotes

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The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.

Mary MacLane

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