Anthony PowellLiterature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.
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For a very small percentage of the world’s population, reading is a necessity. However, for many people reading is a waste of time that should be spent doing something else. In this quote from Mark Twain, he says that literature only illuminates life for those who need it to.
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