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Quote by Cyril Connolly
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. – Cyril Connolly

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Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. – Cyril Connolly

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