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Alan Bennett
“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.”
Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

William Morris
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
William Morris

George Orwell
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
George Orwell

Barbara Pym
“I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic occasion.”
Barbara Pym, Excellent Women

C.S. Lewis
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
C.S. Lewis

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