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

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1963 1960s 20th century

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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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English
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1968 1960s 20th century
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Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

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Growth was seen as an endless series of daily choices and decisions in each of which one can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Facing one's fears Personal growth

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Abraham Maslow
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The Psychology of Science
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Scientific literature Psychological literature
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English
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, ch. 3.