You carried it alone as long as you could, and then you wer… - Norman Mailer

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You carried it alone as long as you could, and then you weren't strong enough to take it any longer. You kept fighting everything, and everything broke you down, until in the end you were just a little goddam bolt holding on and squealing when the machine went too fast.

Norman Mailer

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About Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer (31 January 1923 – 10 November 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who is considered to have been innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism.

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Pen Names: Andreas Wilson

Birth Name: Norman Kingsley Mailer

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