A Writer's Notebook

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Going Through Old Notebooks Part 26: "Save me, not so much from fear, but from the twisted shape fear makes of me."

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Summer Brennan
Feb 24, 2026
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Place des Quinconces, Bordeaux, 1949, by Robert Doisneau.

What do we do when we can’t get what we want? When no matter how hard we try, it doesn’t come out right? Lately it seems like I can’t get most of what I want. Time, luck, good health, a particular apartment, any number of unspoken, longed-for things.

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