Because Quote by Jonathan Dee

“I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.”

Jonathan Dee

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“That mysterious foreknowledge of my success in life was sweeter to me than the success itselt.”

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