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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood

“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”
― The Polysyllabic Spree
― The Polysyllabic Spree

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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