“I’m raising this child,” she tells them, “and if I have a problem with something she brings home from the library, she’ll hear about it from me. You won’t. So you let her have anything she wants.”
― The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
― The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
“What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart.”
― Tom Thorneval: Dream Merchant Extraordinaire
― Tom Thorneval: Dream Merchant Extraordinaire
“You were given your gift for the joy you may give in return.”
― Tom Thorneval: Dream Merchant Extraordinaire
― Tom Thorneval: Dream Merchant Extraordinaire
“Ceres (941-kilometer diameter) represents on its own 25 percent of the asteroid belt’s total mass.”
― The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
― The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
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