Pompeii has nothing to teach us, we know crack of volcanic fissure, slow flow of terrible lava, pressure … - Hilda Doolittle

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Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

Hilda Doolittle

Pompeii has nothing to teach us, we know crack of volcanic fissure, slow flow of terrible lava, pressure on heart, lungs, the brain about to burst its brittle case (what the skull can endure!)

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