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“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
“It is most likely that I will die next to a pile of books I was meaning to read.”
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“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Armadale
― Armadale
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
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Fun & Games
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