But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading. (Elizabeth von Arnim)

But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.

Elizabeth von Arnim

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