Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own

Alain de Botton
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Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. ✨ Twitter post from Oct 13, 2013
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Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. ✨ Twitter post from Oct 13, 2013

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