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Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion Quotes: The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.
         

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.


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