A. S. Byatt Quotes

I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

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• I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

  

  A. S. Byatt
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