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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes: Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
         

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.


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This page presents the quote "Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.". Author of this quote is Robert Louis Stevenson. This quote is about men, fiction, life, play, grown man, children, atmosphere,.