The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter. ✨ Marce…

Marcel Proust
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The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). In Search of Lost Time: Or “Á la Recherche du temps perdu”, p.2669, Jester House Publishing
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The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). In Search of Lost Time: Or “Á la Recherche du temps perdu”, p.2669, Jester House Publishing

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