Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world. (John Cheever)

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.

John Cheever

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