V. S. Naipaul Quotes
I could scarcely bear to look at her eyes. They promised such intimacies.
V. S. Naipaul
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Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.
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I could scarcely bear to look at her eyes. They promised such intimacies.
V. S. Naipaul