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“Then the snowshoer explained how he never drove anywhere in the beetle without what he called an emergency novel. If I drive off the road and am lying upside down in a ditch, unable to move my legs or get out of the car, I want to have something good to read.
― John Irving, The Last Chairlift”
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― John Irving, The Last Chairlift”
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“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
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― Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
― Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
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― The Myth of You and Me
― The Myth of You and Me
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