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“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“There is no one truth. There’s only what happened, based on how you perceive it.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Pact

“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Pact

“Write what should not be forgotten.”
― Isabel Allende

“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.”
― Isabel Allende