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May 03, 2006

life = art = life

... And with the miracle that is male compartmentalization he had barely thought of her either. ... He had recalled, with the mawkish tenderness of the disloyal, how very lucky and blessed he was to have his family. In fact, taken as a concept, as a premise, 'Victoria Kipps' had done a world of good for Howard's marriage and for Howard's general mental state. The concept of Victoria Kipps had put the blessings of his own life in perspective. But Victoria Kipps was not a concept. She was real.

_{Zadie Smith, from On Beauty}

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