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Mary
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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
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“We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends.”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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