“The poet writes a few lines, then throws them away, thinking: ‘Nobody’s going to be interested in that.’”

— Paulo Coelho , book Manuscript Found in Accra

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Uselessness

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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