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“One of the reasons I like immersing myself in different texts, putting myself in the company of other writers, is that they do change your vocabulary. They change what you write about or they change the length of lines.”

Quote by Martha Ronk

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Martha Ronk, born in 1940, is an individual whose profession and category are unknown. Detailed information about her is limited. more

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