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If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled professional readers and story-tellers could interpret. Then people would have to go to public halls and pay good prices to hear. . .

Source: A Chat with a Great Reader, in Saturday Night (Toronto, 11 Sept. 1954; repr. in The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies, 1990).
-- Robertson Davies, (Aug 28 1913-1995), Canadian author; He was one of Canada's most accomplished writers; best known for Deptford trilogy.

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