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“Puzzles are great because they're fun. But really we are drawn to puzzles because they can be solved. We love the idea of being able to put a puzzle together and it being complete: you do it perfectly, step away, and you've completed the job. There's a deep satisfaction from that, and I think we wish for the ability to do that with everything. But emotions just don't work that way, people don't work that way, relationships don't work that way.”

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Patrick Somerville
Patrick Somerville

Patrick Somerville, born in 1979, is an accomplished American novelist known for his distinctive narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

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