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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

Source: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, in Expressen, 3 Nov 1990.
-- John Berger, (Nov 5 1926-2017), English painter, teacher, art critic; He began his career as a painter and teacher of drawing; became art critic for the Tribune, and New Statesman.

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