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“The aim of literature," Baskerville replied grandly, "is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.”
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― Come Back, Dr. Caligari
“Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.”
― Nightwood
― Nightwood
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― Orlando
― Orlando
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