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Letters Home

by Sylvia Plath

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Barbara’s Quotes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

tags: books

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Join us on Wednesday, March 26th for a special discussion with authors Elizabeth Eulberg and Sarah Mlynowski! The authors will be discussing their lat ...more

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