Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader-not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. (E. L. Doctorow)

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader-not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

E. L. Doctorow

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