Ann Patchett Quotes

The Process Of Putting The Thing You Value Most In The World Out For The Assessment Of Strangers Is A Confidence-shaking Business Even In The Best Of Times. But In Lucy's Circumstances It Was Sheer Heroism, A Real Sign Of Her Devotion To Her Art. She Was, In A Sense, Sitting At A Craps Table With Her Last Stack Of Chips, Trying Again And Again To Hit It Big.

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