“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”
― Letters of George Sand
― Letters of George Sand
“At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.”
― A History of Reading
― A History of Reading
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