I do not seek to copy nature. I, on the contrary, create to divert me such faith and dreams as living among men would tend to destroy. (James Branch Cabell)

I do not seek to copy nature. I, on the contrary, create to divert me such faith and dreams as living among men would tend to destroy.

James Branch Cabell

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