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Book cover for Shakespeare's Sonnets
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,   And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,   Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,   Will be a tatter'd weed of small worth held:
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Mortimer J. Adler
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
Mortimer J. Adler

Novalis
“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
Novalis

Henry David Thoreau
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

John Updike
“Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.”
John Updike, Self-Consciousness

“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.”
Vivian Greene

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