Lydia Davis Quotes

I Had Never Before Thought So Clearly About All The Scenes That Took Place When I Wasn't There To Witness Them. And Then, I Had A Stranger And Less Pleasant Thought: Not Only Was I Not Necessary To Those Scenes, And Not Necessary To Those Lives That Continued To Go On Without Me, But In Fact, I Was Not Necessary At All. I Didn't Have To Exist.

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