I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition. (Richard Dawkins)

I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition.

Richard Dawkins

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