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It is rare to get millions in advance. And advances are usually against the royalties, so if the book sells, the publisher has little to worry about except the public relations.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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