Disparity Quote by Harold Brodkey

“The disparity between what people said life was and what I knew it to be unnerved me at times, but I swore that nothing would ever make me say life should be anything...” quote by Harold Brodkey — Download Open image

“The disparity between what people said life was and what I knew it to be unnerved me at times, but I swore that nothing would ever make me say life should be anything...”

Harold Brodkey

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