A. S. Byatt quoteA. S. Byatt [1936-0]
English Novelist 
Quote rank: 126
| Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules. |
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