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“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
“Do you know how to read?'
'No. It is one of the black arts.'
He nodded. 'But a useful one,' he said.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
'No. It is one of the black arts.'
He nodded. 'But a useful one,' he said.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
“What shop did this book come from? she asked. Her father was looking worried at the cooker. He always got rice wrong. I don't know, Brooksie, he said, I don't remember. That was unimaginable, not remembering where a book has come from! and where it was bought from! That was part of the whole history, the whole point, of any book that you owned! And when you picked it up later in the house at home, you knew, you just knew by looking and having it in your hand, where it came from and where you got it and when and why you'd decided to buy it.”
― There But For The
― There But For The
“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
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