While thought exists, words are alive and literature become… - Cyril Connolly

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While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.
Cyril Connolly (English critic and editor, 1903-1974)

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

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

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