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

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

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Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.

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I killed my own happiness in such a young age by loving some one more than myself.

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.

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

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Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you.

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If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play well. If you play well, they pay well. —Deion Sanders

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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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