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“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
― Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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