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

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

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If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.

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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.” —Vin Diesel

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The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

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I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad. –Tupac Shakur

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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

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Delete people from life who are stealing your joys.

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