"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

- Jessamyn West:

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Laurel Santini

“Mr. Edwards carried on his business of whoremaster in an orderly and unemotional way.” When it came to payment, he asked that the money be slipped under his office door. There was no worry of a wife wondering at it. She’d left with his sons for any other place.