Carolina Quotes
He talked about writing as not a career, but as something more important, as something that would be a part of your life forever.
Josephine Humphreys Carolinian
Source
"Being A Writer," interview in Distinction, Duke University Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows; Duke Today, November 2014
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- 2014
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