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"I haven't read the preface which, along with the bibliography is 43 pages long, so the story only starts on page 47 and I've really only read 9 pages. Gosh, my French is rusty!!" — Jul 15, 2026 04:24AM
"I haven't read the preface which, along with the bibliography is 43 pages long, so the story only starts on page 47 and I've really only read 9 pages. Gosh, my French is rusty!!" — Jul 15, 2026 04:24AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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“The more you try to be interested in other people, the more you find out about yourself.”
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“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
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