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Nona

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Nona’s Quotes

“I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.”
― Susan Sontag

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: books, literature, on-fiction

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“Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.”
― Ray Cummings, The Girl in the Golden Atom

tags: time

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