Carolina Quotes[H]e had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 24
- work
- Crome Yellow (1921)
- year
- 1921
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“[H]e had been making an unsuccessful effort to write somethi…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B809C7A1D6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b809c7a1d6
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Words — I wonder if you can realize how much I love them. You are too much preoccupied with mere things and ideas and people to understand the full beauty of words. Your mind is not a literary mind.
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