These women, like writers, have no time clocks to punch, no waiting boss. I write in the morning before teaching, and neither these women nor I care … - Andre Dubus

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These women, like writers, have no time clocks to punch, no waiting boss. I write in the morning before teaching, and neither these women nor I care about the morning commuter traffic. There is no place we have to be. We already are where we have to be, facing ourselves. Both of us, without the prodding of a paycheck or the loss of a job, face only time itself, and our responsibility to use it as best we can.