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“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot

“Oh, and she told me that men want only one thing.
And on that note, I must give praise and thanks to the powers that be. I don't want much else from them either.”
― First Grave on the Right
And on that note, I must give praise and thanks to the powers that be. I don't want much else from them either.”
― First Grave on the Right

“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― The Collected Poems
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― The Collected Poems

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”
― Rory O'More
― Rory O'More

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