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“Вот что мне нравится в чтении: одна-единственная деталька в повествовании заставляет взяться за другую книгу, а крохотная деталька в ней — за третью… Бесконечная геометрическая прогрессия, рожденная погоней за удовольствием.”

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Source: Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

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Source: Speak, Memory

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Source: Northanger abbey

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Source: Gilead

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Source: Super Sad True Love Story

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