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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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