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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

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“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
― Linda Grayson

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― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

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“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”
― Maya Angelou

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“Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.”
― John Wooden

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