No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.
Mario Vargas Llosa (2011). “The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta: A Novel”, p.79, Macmillan
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No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.