I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real.
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"I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real." — Marguerite Young
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I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. — Marguerite Young
About Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young was a Author from United States (1907–1995).
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This quote is attributed to Marguerite Young, a Author from United States.
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Marguerite Young lived from 1907 – 1995.