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The quote says that with age comes a stronger awareness of personal limits and mistakes. It also extends that awareness beyond one person to everyone, suggesting that being imperfect is a shared human condition.
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About Roxane Gay
American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. She is known for essays, fiction, memoir, and public commentary, and for books including Bad Feminist, Ayiti, An Untamed State, Difficult Women, and Hunger. Her work spans criticism and creative writing, with Bad Feminist becoming a New York Times best seller. Across her books, she writes about culture, identity, gender, and the pressures of contemporary life, moving between personal reflection and sharper social critique.
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2017
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2018