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“All the grief I had kept at bay for years by means of books and bookcases approached me now.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
He didn't know of course. Not really. And yet that was what he said, and I was soothed to hear it. For… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
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What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Yesterday or the day before, while I had been going about my business, quietly and in private, some unknown person—some stranger—had gone to the… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“But perhaps the answer is to stop writing altogether, for when I do write, even now as I write this very sentence, this very… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
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