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: '''R''' Yes.<br/>
: '''R''' Yes.<br/>
'''Q''' But you've worked for seven years without appreciation. After all, the novel hasn't been published so far.<br/>
'''Q''' But you've worked for seven years without appreciation. After all, the novel hasn't been published so far.<br/>
: '''R''' When the [[Professional_Motifs#IMAGENOVEL|first attempt]] had failed I took a book off the shelf. I'd had it for a long time without ever understanding it or even reading it all the way through: &raquo;Being and Time&laquo;. Again, I didn't understand it. But on page 53, I understood what Heidegger was doing there and what a small-time fool I had been. That struck me to the core.<br/>
: '''R''' When the [[Professional_Motifs#IMAGENOVEL|first attempt]] had failed I took a book off the shelf. I'd had it for a long time without ever understanding it or even reading it all the way through: &raquo;Being and Time&laquo;. Again, I didn't understand it. But on page 53, I understood what Heidegger was doing there and what a small-time fool I am. That struck me to the core.<br/>
'''Q''' And you lost interest in philosophy &hellip;<br/>
'''Q''' And you lost interest in philosophy &hellip;<br/>
: '''R''' On the contrary. It was liberating. I think I'd been trying to see myself more realistically all along.<br/>
: '''R''' On the contrary. It was liberating. I think I'd been trying to see myself more realistically all along.<br/>