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“My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.”

Quote by Peter Carey

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Peter Carey, born on May 7, 1943, is an accomplished Australian novelist. His works are renowned for their unique narrative style and profound social insights, having won numerous international literary awards. more

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