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I finished the thing; but I think I sprained my soul.
—Katherine Anne Porter, on her novel Ship of Fools
Alec Nevala-Lee
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Wow, sometimes I feel like that when I finished reading books…
barbaraelka
June 18, 2012 at 11:22 am
I’m reading Ship of Fools for the first time now. Hopefully I’ll emerge with my soul unbruised…
nevalalee
June 18, 2012 at 5:46 pm