"A writer often needs he has been…" — Alberto Moravia

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一个作家经常需要在写作过程中对自己不诚实。

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“Our ideals, laws, and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in t...”

Alberto Moravia

“When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you limit reality.”

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