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Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Dorothy L. Sayers
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1893 to 1957; Wikidata Q106740, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106740 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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