Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three. (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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