“My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry.”
Author's Introduction, p. 15
Report to Greco (1965)
“My commentary's hilarious, not witty.”
—
Richelle Mead
,
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The Golden Lily
Source: The Golden Lily
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