Even the biggest book is fragmentary: to finish anything, you have to cut your losses. Nobody every writes his dream book. (Northrop Frye)

Even the biggest book is fragmentary: to finish anything, you have to cut your losses. Nobody every writes his dream book.

Northrop Frye

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