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"What a wealth of information is packed into the first 23 pages. This will be a long, long read. I intend to savor it." — May 21, 2012 12:39PM
"What a wealth of information is packed into the first 23 pages. This will be a long, long read. I intend to savor it." — May 21, 2012 12:39PM
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― Alice in Wonderland
“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
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― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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