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Rebecca Makkai, The Borrower Quotes: ...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies.
         

...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies.


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...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies.
         



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This page presents the quote "...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies.". Author of this quote is Rebecca Makkai, The Borrower. This quote is about on-fiction, fiction,.