To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

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The tension between ""yes"" and ""no,"" between ""I can"" and ""I cannot,"" makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

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The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.

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