That night she wrote a hasty sketch and showed it to Oliver. "It's all right, " he said. "But I'd take out that stuff about Olympian mountains and the Stygian caverns of the mine. That's about used up, I should think.

Wallace Stegner
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Athletes and other people who put in a lot of hard work over a long period of time can get a bit tired of talking about their achievements. They have accomplished something important, but it's been done publicly so many times that they can get bored of it. In this short story, Oliver is trying to get his girlfriend to spice up her work so he can hang out more with her. He suggests she get more ideas from him, since he knows more about the world than she does.

Source: Angle Of Repose

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