But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting off the turf where my husband and I might be rivals. We were both working in fiction... so I look back and I see that I consciously vacated the contested ground.
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"But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting off the turf where my husband and I might be rivals. We were both working in fiction... so I look back and I see that I consciously vacated the contested ground." — Helen Garner
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But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting off the turf where my husband and I might be rivals. We were both working in fiction... so I look back and I see that I consciously vacated the contested ground. — Helen Garner
About Helen Garner
Helen Garner was a Novelist from Australia (1942–present).
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This quote is attributed to Helen Garner, a Novelist from Australia.
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Helen Garner lived from 1942 – present.