I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material.

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A book is a gift you can open again and again.

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A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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Fueling up on laughter and good conversation. Good company makes the journey fly by.

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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