It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first …

P. G. Wodehouse
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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo. ✨ Cocktail Time. Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1958.
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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo. ✨ Cocktail Time. Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1958.

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