I shall strip away layer after layer of grime — the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling — until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.

I shall strip away layer after layer of grime — the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling — until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.

– John Banville –

The Untouchable

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