Really, when I think it over, literature has only one excuse for existing; it saves the person who makes it from the disgustingness of life. (Joris-Karl Huysmans)

Really, when I think it over, literature has only one excuse for existing; it saves the person who makes it from the disgustingness of life.

Joris-Karl Huysmans

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