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The perfect life, the perfect lie, I realised after Christmas, is one which prevents you from doing that which you would ideally have done (painted, say, or written unpublishable poetry) but which, in fact, you have no wish to do.

Geoff Dyer

The perfect life, the perfect lie, I realised after Christmas, is one which prevents you from doing that which you would ideally have done (painted, say, or written unpublishable poetry) but which, in fact, you have no wish to do.

Tags: frustration, lie, life, motivation

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About Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer (born 1958) is an English author. He has written a number of novels and non-fiction books, some of which have won literary awards.