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Quote by Mahasweta Devi
But if I didn’t write, I would die. One felt so suffocated.
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The speaker describes writing as essential to staying alive. Without it, they would feel trapped and unable to breathe, as though the lack of writing were suffocating them. The statement presents writing as a basic personal necessity, not simply a chosen activity.
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- University of Michigan, Global Feminisms — Transcript of Mahasweta Devi
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