Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76

Anita Brookner
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I needed to expand my horizons and cultivate my imagination. Literature was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. The story I was telling myself was not the life I wanted to live.

Source: A Family Romance

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