| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 56690 |
| QUOTATION: | A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Styron (b. 1925), U.S. novelist. Interview in Writers at Work, First Series, ed. George Plimpton (1958). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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