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Ross Macdonald Quotes: The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.
         

The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.


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This page presents the quote "The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.". Author of this quote is Ross Macdonald. This quote is about escapism, books, reading, literature,.