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“What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare their charges for work only and not for life. As such, literature is construed as at best technically useless and random, at worst socially disruptive.”

Quote by Gwee Li Sui

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Gwee Li Sui, born on August 22, 1970, is an individual whose identity and profession remain unclear. more

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