Jedes dieser Worte ist eine Perle. Dem Leben abgerungen, das noch blieb. Mich hat das sehr berührt. Sein letztes Buch habe ich mir gerade gekauft.

Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less:

Suppose I am the hundred-fifty-year-old maple outside my porch. When winter budges toward spring, I push out tiny leaves, which gradually curl yellowish green, then enlarge, turning darker green and flourishing through summer. In September, flecks of orange seep into green, and October turns the leaves gorgeously orange and red. Leaves fall, emptying the branches, and in December, only a few remain. In January, the last survivors flutter down onto snow. These black leaves are the words I write.

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