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On April 30, 1960, a cool, crisp morning, I sat in the waiting room at the Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
“Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what I can't, that's all. I just want to know.”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Things are always better in the morning.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.
[Open Letter, O Magazine, July 2006]”
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[Open Letter, O Magazine, July 2006]”
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Deborah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Deborah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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75 books
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81 books
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11 books
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2 friends
2,273 books
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86 friends
6 books
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32 friends
167 books
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55 friends
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