But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life’…

Julian Barnes
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But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life’s business.
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The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly. ✨ Flaubert's Parrot (1984) ch. 10
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. ✨ Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

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