To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contra… - John Fowles

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To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.

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John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

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To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape. - John Fowles

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