May I keep this book forever. May this book and this body o… - Peter Greenaway

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May I keep this book forever. May this book and this body outlast my love. May this book and this body love me as I love its length, its breadth, its thickness, its text, its skin, its letters, its punctuation, its quiet and its noisy pages.

Peter Greenaway

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Peter Greenaway CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director.

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