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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History

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“The factory recycled glass bottles and turned them into lightbulbs. But some of the bottles were colored and couldn’t be recycled, so I’d take them back home and use them to decorate the place. I viewed them as our treasure.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

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“When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

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“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.”
― Desmond Tutu

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