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“There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They, and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
― Henry Ward Beecherr

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

“How can something as fragile as a word build the whole world?”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime