No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that. (Elizabeth Kostova)

No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.

Elizabeth Kostova

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