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“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Those kids aren't dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don't get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.”
― A Tale of Love and Darkness
― A Tale of Love and Darkness
“Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
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