Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over …

Mark Twain
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Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying; but now they can't ever be said. And besides, they would require a library-and a pen warmed up in hell. ✨ Mark Twain (1929). Mark Twain's Letters, p.284, Jazzybee Verlag
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