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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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