Mavis Gallant: "Saya mulai menjatah tulisan saya, karena takut saya ak...

"Saya mulai menjatah tulisan saya, karena takut saya akan bermimpi sepanjang hidup seperti yang dilakukan ayah saya. Aku takut mewarisi gen beracun darinya, panggilan tanpa hadiah."

--- Mavis Gallant

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.