A. S. Byatt Quotes

You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.

A. S. Byatt

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• You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • World
  • Present
  • Yourself