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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.”
― Toni Morrison

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

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― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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