Milan KunderaGreat novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.
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Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. It’s the difference between fact and fiction. You get to read through someone else’s imagination, if you wish. When your mind is opened by the words of an author, you remember it long after the book is closed.
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