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Betty  Smith
“Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life...And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Truman Capote
“My preferred pastimes are conversation, reading, travel and writing, in that order.”
Truman Capote

“He texts back: I love you.
I'm starting to text back, I love you, too, when my phone rings. It's Peter's house number, and I answer it eagerly.
"I love you, too," I say.
There is surprised silence on the other end, then a little laugh to cover it up. "Hi, Lara Jean. This is Peter's mom.”
Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean

“I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago.”
Bill Bryson

Augustine of Hippo
“The world is a great book...they who never stir from home read only a page.”
St. Augustine

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