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The Curious Reader: Facts About Famous Authors and Novels

by Erin McCarthy

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Voices in the Wilderness: Emerging Roles of Israeli Clergywomen

by Jonathan L. Friedmann

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“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

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“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

tags: humor, religion

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“I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.”
― George Plimpton

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“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”
― Anne Herbert

tags: book-lovers, books, money, reading

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“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

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