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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. — G.K. Chesterton

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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

G.K. Chesterton
1901
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1901
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G.K. Chesterton
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Chesterton, G.K. "The Defendant." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by R. Brinley Johnson, 1901.

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