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John Gillespie Magee Jr.
“Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings”
John Gillespie MaGee Jr.

Walter Mosley
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
Walter Mosley, The Long Fall

Maurice Sendak
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
Maurice Sendak

Washington Irving
“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
Washington Irving

Lemony Snicket
“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
Lemony Snicket

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