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You get a completely new composition of cells every seven years, and on the surface, or subjectively, it looks as though you're the same for seven years. It's like a ground - it looks stable, but beneath it, everything is shifting all the time. It's exciting and dangerous.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":36,"author":49,"source":50,"quote_tag":51,"commentary":9},3536916,"These days, there are times when my academic thinking intervenes in my writing, but it's usually while I'm developing a project and not while I'm writing it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":53,"quote_text":54,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":36,"author":55,"source":56,"quote_tag":57,"commentary":9},3536913,"I think I may be the most well-adjusted person you'd ever meet who thinks constantly about falling out of her life. And my life is pretty great! 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Whether you wear it or don't, you're always making decisions about wearing it or not, or how you're wearing it, and what that means.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":36,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3536874,"You have to find some way of engaging with the world around you, however it's constituted. The engagement is necessarily going to be flawed. But if you do it on your own terms, you'll be able to extract some pleasure from the world. It might even make you really happy sometimes.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":36,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":82},3536867,"A lot of the surreal writing that I love is really dreamlike. Like Murakami. 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On one hand, Kleeman values the recognizable and the real-world, suggesting a connection to the reader's everyday experience. On the other hand, she is drawn to the strange and the surreal, indicating a desire to disrupt and subvert expectations. This tension between the familiar and the unknown is a hallmark of her writing style, and it speaks to the complex role of the writer as both observer and transformer of reality.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset in your own creative work, try embracing the tension between the familiar and the unknown. Don't be afraid to introduce strange or unexpected elements into your writing or art, even if they feel at odds with your initial vision. 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