Carolina QuotesI sense that novel of my dreams is in the Remington SL3 — although it writes much faster than I can spell.
Tom Robbins Carolinian
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- Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
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- 1980
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“I sense that novel of my dreams is in the Remington SL3 — al…” Tom Robbins. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-866F2C7C2D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/866f2c7c2d
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