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Paul Auster Quotes: For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.
         

For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.


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For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.
         



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