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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
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“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
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“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
― Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays
― Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays
“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.”
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