Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you.

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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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Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

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

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Education is the movement from darkness to light.

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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

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Don’t let shame define you; learn, grow, and rise above it.

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You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

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A smile is the simplest form of kindness that can light up someone’s darkest day.

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