Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a point when choice was any more than sum of all the choices gone before?

Joan Didion

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Free will Effects of the past

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Joan Didion

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English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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United States

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Didion, Joan. Run, River. Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1963.

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

On Keeping a Notebook

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Personal growth

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Joan Didion
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On Keeping a Notebook Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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Essay
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English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

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The pebble
is a perfect creature

equal to itself
mindful of its limits

filled exactly
with a pebbly meaning

Zbigniew Herbert

Pebble

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Zbigniew Herbert
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Pebble
Medium
Poem
Language
Polish
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Herbert, Zbigniew. "Kamyk [Pebble]." Studium przedmiotu [Subject Study]. Czytelnik, 1961.