In this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while. (Umberto Eco)

In this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while.

Umberto Eco

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