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“She loved books. She loved them with her senses and her intellect. They way they looked and smelled; the way they felt in her hands; the way the pages seemed to murmur as she turned them. Everything there is in the world, she thought, is in books.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― The Living
― The Living
“Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to grow up just to work hard. What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?"
"The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Danielle ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Danielle ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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