Writing Allows Me The Time To Travel And See The World, Which Is What I Always Wanted To Do. I'd Really Like To Have Been Sir Richard Francis Burton, But It's The Wrong Century. - SearchQuotes

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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.

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