The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are…

D. H. Lawrence
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The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel as a tremulation can make the whole man alive tremble. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Steele (1985). Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays, p.195, Cambridge University Press
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The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel as a tremulation can make the whole man alive tremble. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Steele (1985). Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays, p.195, Cambridge University Press

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