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That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.

Edna O'Brien
Writing, Heart, Cutting
Edna O'Brien (2012). “Country Girl”, p.123, Faber & Faber
That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.