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Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.

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I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already.

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Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell

Born: December 21, 1905
Died: March 28, 2000 (aged 94)
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