Carolina QuotesThe trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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"John Rivers" in The Genius and the Goddess (1955)
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- 1955
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“The trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense.…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-424F98AAFF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/424f98aaff
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