William StaffordLiterature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement.
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The best literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement. It takes you somewhere else, it’s not just another story about what happened to other people, but it’s an experience that brings you to another place.
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