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What is the purpose of writing? for me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.
-Nadine Gordimer
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What Is The Purpose Of Writing? For

Nadine Gordimer
What is the purpose of writing? for me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.
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