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“Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.”

Book:How Reading Changed My Life

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How Reading Changed My Life

In 'How Reading Changed My Life,' the author delves into the profound influence that reading has had on their personal growth and worldview. The narrative is a compilation of personal anecdotes, reflections, and the author's journey through various literary works, illustrating how reading has shaped their understanding of the world and themselves. more

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Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen, born on July 8, 1952, is a renowned American author known for her insightful social commentary and delicate portrayal of everyday life. Her writing career began as a newspaper editor, later transitioning to novel writing, which has been well-received by readers. more

“How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs, strictures, time, mores, to arrive at a place that educates, amuses, and enthralls us? It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.”

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Book:How Reading Changed My Life

Source: How Reading Changed My Life

“The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else.”

Hands Reality Lord Acceptance Recognition Loving Hands

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.”

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Book:That Was Then, This Is Now

Source: That Was Then, This Is Now

“Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!”

People Ifs Splendid Uninterested

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“[The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.”

Limits Suspicion Captains Overwhelmed Invincible Belated

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates merely ask that we relax our standard of adherence to ancient superstitions and taboos, while otherwise maintaining a belief system that was passed down to us from men and women whose lives were simply ravaged by their basic ignorance about the world.”

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the room. There was so much I wanted to say. "I need you to be --" I said, and then I started to cry. "Be what?" she said, opening her arms. "Not sad," I said.”

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Book:The History of Love: A Novel

Source: The History of Love: A Novel

“Innocence is a kind of insanity”

Kind Innocence Insanity

Book:The Collected Edition: The quiet American

Source: The Collected Edition: The quiet American

“I scarcely remember counting upon happiness—I look not for it if it be not in the present hour—nothing startles me beyond the moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights, or if a sparrow come before my Window I take part in its existence and pick about the gravel.”

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Book:John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

Source: John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

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