Jules Renard: I climb up a chair to rummage through the bookcase, and if I see a torn book, I always take it.

I climb up a chair to rummage through the bookcase, and if I see a torn book, I — Jules Renard

I climb up a chair to rummage through the bookcase, and if I see a torn book, I always take it.

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