There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependabl…

Kurt Vonnegut
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There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.194, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.194, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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