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And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won’t forgive you one false note about love, about which they too are expert.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":35,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},3372650,"I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you’re fortunate enough to reach my age, to still be writing, you have to be grateful, and I am. I’ve been lucky. 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