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“Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.”
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“Despise me not!
And be not queasy
To praise somewhat:
Verse is not easy.”
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And be not queasy
To praise somewhat:
Verse is not easy.”
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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
― Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
― Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
Books & Boba
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Multiculturalism in YA,Fantasy, Sci FI,Paranormal and fun books ;p
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Mock Newbery 2026
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LitWorld World Read Aloud Day 2013
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March 6, 2013! Take Action for Global Literacy, Celebrate the Power of Words, Change the World Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illitera ...more
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