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Debra’s Notes & Highlights

Never Far Away by Michael Koryta

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A person can be in one place and span many. It is possible because the present is shaped by the past and the future, buffered by them like guardrails.

Debra’s Quotes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

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“Books are keys that open many doors.”
― James Rollins

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

tags: life

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“I hope you come to hear the tale, and not just munch your way through the pages to the ending…endings are heartless. An ending is a door no man can open.”
― Stephen King

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