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R. D. Laing Quotes: Few books today are forgivable. Black on canvas, silence on the screen, an empty white sheet of paper are perhaps feasible.
         

Few books today are forgivable. Black on canvas, silence on the screen, an empty white sheet of paper are perhaps feasible.


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