Joyce Carol Oates - I remember once asking Grandma about a book she was reading, a biography of Abra...

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I remember once asking Grandma about a book she was reading, a biography of Abraham Lincoln, and how she answered me: this was the first conversation of my life that concerned a book, and 'the life of the mind' - and now, such subjects have become my life.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Ich erinnere mich, wie ich Oma einmal nach einem Buch gefragt hatte, das sie las, einer Biografie über Abraham Lincoln und wie sie mir antwortete: Dies war das erste Gespräch in meinem Leben, das ein Buch betraf, und 'das Leben des Geistes' - und jetzt so Themen sind zu meinem Leben geworden.

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