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Pat Conroy, My Losing Season: A Memoir Quotes: An author must gorge himself on ten thousand images to select the magical one that can define a piece of the world in a way one has never considered before.
         

An author must gorge himself on ten thousand images to select the magical one that can define a piece of the world in a way one has never considered before.


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