nonexistence.
Dee: Why don't you have any literary influences?
Olympia: Because I open my own doors and close them when I am done laughing or crying in the room. I have but one key and this key is made for the door that I am to open. No one else can open it. Just like I can't open your door or Faulkner's door or Hubert Selby, Jr.'s door or my neighbor's door. I can only open the door with a key that God provided for ME to use.
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