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José Saramago Quotes: Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.
         

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.


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Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.
         



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