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He [Quoyle] did not want a boat, shied from the thought of water. Ashamed he could not swim, couldn't learn.

— Annie Proulx The Shipping News (1993)

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“This has always bothered me, the division: as though there was something about women who write that is very different.”

All stemmed from Quoyle's chief failure, a failure of normal appearance.

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And three lucky stones strung on a wire to keep the house safe.

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The ocean twitched like a vast cloth spread over snakes.

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Dad, there's smoke coming out of the can and coming out of your mouth, too. How do you do that, daddy?

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