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“We read to know we are not alone.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist