Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, …

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Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it. ✨ Julian Barnes (2012). Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story), p.11, Random House
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Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it. ✨ Julian Barnes (2012). Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story), p.11, Random House

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