Later, I went one step further, by putting in some invented "historical" bits [into the Lincoln in the Bardo]. And reading those alongside the actual historical bits was like looking into a sort of a painful mirror, because "my" parts were so show-offy at first. They stood out because they were so flamboyant.
![Later, I went one step further, by putting in some invented historical bits [into the Lincoln in the Bardo]. And reading those alongside the actual historical bits was like looking into a sort of a painful mirror,](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/george-saunders/later-i-went-one-step-further-by-putting-in-some-invented-historical-bits-into-the-lincoln-in-the-bardo-and.jpg)