I don't believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. (Lawrence Durrell)

I don't believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.

Lawrence Durrell

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