Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. - Samuel Butler

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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.

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About Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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