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“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
― Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
― Cyrano de Bergerac
― Cyrano de Bergerac
“Everyone who is educated today wants to sit at a comfortable desk under a fan and live in an air-conditioned house surrounded by a garden, coming and going in an American car as wide as the street. If we do not tear out this disease by the roots we shall have with us a bourgeoisie that is in no way connected with the reality of our life...”
― Season of Migration to the North
― Season of Migration to the North
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― New Year Letter
― New Year Letter
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
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