For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity. (Paul Auster)

For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.

Paul Auster

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