Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the s…

Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation. ✨ Ryszard Kapuscinski (2009). Travels with Herodotus, p.8, Vintage
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Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation. ✨ Ryszard Kapuscinski (2009). Travels with Herodotus, p.8, Vintage

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