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"How could I possibly NOT be disappointed by what I would find? Nothing had ever met my expectation, since nothing could compete with my doctoring imagination, my pathetic compulsion to make the world quanter, funnier, kinder, and more mysterious than it actually was."

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About Armistead Maupin

American novelist and memoirist best known for the Tales of the City series. His writing helped define late-20th-century urban fiction with recurring themes of identity, community, and social change. He has also worked as a journalist and screenwriter.

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"Regard your voice as capital in the bank ... Sing on your interest and your voice will last."
"Let every bird sing its own song."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."