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The Book I Want to Write
For several years now I have wanted to write a book. What to say has been the problem. For one thing it is difficult to say something that has not been said, or that is not being said, amid the noise in the present world. Walking in Barnes and Noble is like watching a comedy with too many good jokes: the laughing is at first satisfying and deeply felt, but fatigue eventually sets in. There are so many good books (and so many bad ones) that it seems futile to hope that any new commentary on a topic, however compelling, could arrest anyone’s attention.
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