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Lawrence Durrell Quotes: I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.
         

I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.


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