When people talk over others.
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The inability to listen.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
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View all 197 →I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.
People who feed off of their misery. The whiners and complainers.
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Being able to share a confidence.
My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.
Being confined in a straitjacket.
The delivery room when my children and grandchildren were born.
The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.
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