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Stephen Chbosky
“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Albert Camus
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Frank Zappa
“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa
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C.S. Lewis
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis
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