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Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero Quotes: Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.
         

Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.


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Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.
         



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