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Dr. Seuss
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Mortimer J. Adler
“The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what it means to retain it, is extremely rare - and a person who has these qualities is likely to be able to contribute something really important to our thinking.”
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Mortimer J. Adler
“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.”
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Mortimer J. Adler
“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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Mortimer J. Adler
“A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either.”
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book

year in books
David E...
661 books | 4,864 friends

Lee All...
337 books | 21 friends

Erin Baker
302 books | 25 friends

Danielle
234 books | 35 friends

Amber S...
485 books | 31 friends

Bernadette
76 books | 210 friends

Sara Graf
1 book | 73 friends

Angela ...
1 book | 63 friends

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Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Fencing fiction
156 books — 221 voters



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