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Novel Quotes by David Mitchell
- For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.
- I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.
- It's true, reading too many novels makes you go blind.
- The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks of your day,…
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