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Dr. Underwood sat behind his desk that matched his door, his name carved into a small wooden triangle and perched on the edge, just in case anyone missed it on the glass. He had a mop of dark hair, just lighter than black, without any gray,
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Actually, this description matches Freddy Krueger's adopted father PERFECTLY.
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
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“Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
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Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
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Horror Aficionados
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NaNoWriMo 2022
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The Goal: 50,000 words, written or typed, in a novel format, created within the month of November. The Start Date: November 1st, 12:00AM The Deadline: ...more
The book you like most
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This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more
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