Claire Messud Quotes

In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world.

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• In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world.

  

  Claire Messud
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