What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.Nadine Gordimer
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In this quote, author Cormac McCarthy talks about the importance of writing. In his mind, it is our purpose as writers to explain the mystery of life. He isn't talking about a silly mystery novel or a mystery novel with a message. Instead, he is talking about the inexplicable things that happen in our lives and how he wants to find a way to explain those things to others so they can understand it as well.
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