[T]here is no will-o'-the-wisp so elusive as the cause of a… - John Barth

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[T]here is no will-o'-the-wisp so elusive as the cause of any human act.

John Barth

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John Simmons Barth (May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work.

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[T]here is no will-o'-the-wisp so elusive as the cause of any human act. - John Barth

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