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Thomas Mann

"Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form."

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"Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form."

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"Leap out the window, my inner Tigress cried. You aren't ready to face such a powerful Tiger. I frowned. I thought a true Tigress never backed down from a fight. Don't you know anything? When she's in heat, she avoids everything male. Now run!"

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