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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
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Kara’s Quotes

The world was hers for the reading.
“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags: books, feminist, reading
4149 likes

John Steinbeck
“The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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John Steinbeck
“All great and precious things are lonely.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
tags: loneliness
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Betty Smith
“And always, there was the magic of learning things.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
tags: butterflies, caterpillars, philosophy
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