While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. - Cyril Connolly

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While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.

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About Cyril Connolly

Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English author, editor and critic.

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Alternative Names: Cyril Vernon Connolly
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