"What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I donâ€™t know. Likewise, I donâ€™t know why I go on living, most of the time. But this not knowing is precisely what I want to preserve. As readers, the closest way we can engage with a literary work is to protect its indeterminacy; to return ourselves and it to a place that precludes complete recognition. Really, when Iâ€™m reading, all I want is to stand amazed in front of an unknown object at odds with the world."

-- M. John Harrison

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