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Accidents Quote by Lisa Lutz

“I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there were perhaps too many of those.” quote by Lisa Lutz — Download Open image

“I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there were perhaps too many of those.”

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