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Mervyn Peake

“We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in truth we need fresh sounds to utter, new enfranchised noises which would produce a new effect.”

Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
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Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
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