I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
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I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

— Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
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