Every night Quote by James Gould Cozzens

“Because in fact I only lived to write, see no sense in life, have only forced "interests," wish every night, not urgently but quite definitely I could just not wake up tomorrow.” quote by James Gould Cozzens — Download Open image

“Because in fact I only lived to write, see no sense in life, have only forced "interests," wish every night, not urgently but quite definitely I could just not wake up tomorrow.”

James Gould Cozzens

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