The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much … - Margaret Drabble

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The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much unintermittent gloom.

Margaret Drabble

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Dame Margaret Drabble DBE (born 5 June 1939) is an English novelist, biographer and literary critic.

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The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much unintermittent gloom. - Margaret Drabble

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