In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius. (Thomas Mann)

In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.

Thomas Mann

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