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“What is there that is too dirty, too sordid, too depressing to be read about or spoken of? If literature cannot deal with the grimy underbelly of life, then what is it for?”

Ian McEwan

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Books and stories should be able to talk about all parts of life, even the bad and sad ones, because that's their purpose.

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