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“He treated Root exactly as he treated prime numbers. For him, primes were the base on which all other natural numbers relied; and children were the foundation of everything worthwhile in the adult world”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
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“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
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With a classic book, you don't need a flux capacitor you don't have to hit 88 mph and you don't even need a DeLorean to go back in time. So why not ...more
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