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Over time, i have come to see the work of literature less as narrating the world than "seeing the world with words." from the moment he begins to use words like colors in a painting, a writer can begin to see how wondrous and surprising the world is, and he breaks the bones of language to find his own voice. for this he needs paper, a pen, and the optimism of a child looking at the world for the first time.
-Orhan Pamuk
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Orhan Pamuk
Over time, i have come to see the work of literature less as narrating the world than "seeing the world with words." from the moment he begins to use words like colors in a painting, a writer can begin to see how wondrous and surprising the world is, and he breaks the bones of language to find his own voice. for this he needs paper, a pen, and the optimism of a child looking at the world for the first time.
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