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Peter Carey
Australian writer
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The declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons.
—Peter Carey, Australian writer, Oscar and Lucinda, 1988

Posted on April 22, 1999 at 10:47 AM

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