It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born? (Jeff VanderMeer)

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?

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