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I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. – Richard Russo

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You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, its because I really dont know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next. – Richard Russo

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About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldnt find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that werent good were good. – Richard Russo

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