Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren…

Julian Barnes
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Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. ✨ Flaubert's Parrot ch. 13 (1984)
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Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. ✨ Flaubert's Parrot ch. 13 (1984)

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