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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: reading

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“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: brotherhood-of-man, people, scout

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul”
― Victor Hugo , Les Misérables

tags: love, soul, stars

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Are you a writer looking for an editor or proofreader? Are you an editor looking for publishing experience? This is the place to make contact.

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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

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