Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. (Gabriel García Márquez)

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.

Gabriel García Márquez

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