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Sarah Manguso is an American writer born in 1974. Her work is known for its concise and profound style, covering personal experiences, memory, and emotions. Manguso's works include poetry, novels, and essays, which often explore themes of time, death, and interpersonal relationships.

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“You can't learn from remembering. You can't learn from guessing. You can learn only from moving forward at the rate you are moved, as brightness into brightness.”

Remember Moving Moved Rate Moving Forward Brightness Guessing

Book:The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir

Source: The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir

“Chair or no chair: a binary relation. But the vicissitudes of moving the body around are infinite. You never know what a person in a chair can do.”

Knows Persons Body Moving Can Do Relation Infinite Chairs Binary Vicissitudes

Book:The Two Kinds of Decay

Source: The Two Kinds of Decay

“Around you move many seas. It is impossible not to drown a little.”

Littles Moving Impossible Sea

Book:The Captain Lands in Paradise: Poems

Source: The Captain Lands in Paradise: Poems

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Born: 1974
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