When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest compl…

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When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world ✨ Julian Barnes, Vanessa Guignery, Ryan Roberts (2009). Conversations with Julian Barnes, p.65, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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