A Quote by Maria Semple

I survived many a youth hostel bunk room reading Tolstoy by flashlight.

Maria Semple

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Bunk Hostel Many Reading Room Survived Tolstoy Youth

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Maria Semple
American - Novelist
Born: May 21, 1964

With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.

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