Sue Monk Kidd - I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own hear...

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I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich hatte angefangen, Romane zu schreiben, wegen eines heftigen, selbstsüchtigen Impulses in meinem Herzen. Ich hatte in einem Buch nicht das Potenzial für eine gefühlte Gemeinschaft, die helle Großzügigkeit der innigen Teilnahme am Leben anderer Menschen, in Betracht gezogen.

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