A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us. ✨ J.M. …

J. M. Coetzee
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A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us. ✨ J.M. Coetzee (2009). Summertime, p.61, Random House
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A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us. ✨ J.M. Coetzee (2009). Summertime, p.61, Random House

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