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“Books may very well be the only real magic.”

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Alice Hoffman is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on March 16, 1952. Her works are known for their dreamlike narrative style and rich imagination, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“What if he turns out to be a reasonable human being with a reasonable-sized ego?" "Than I'll dedicate the rest of my life to the service of the Holy Mother and make a pilgrimage to Lourdes." Rosemary laughed. "People with reasonable-sized egos don't become MBAs, Max. They sell beers at the ballpark — or something.”

Books Ambition Career Mba

Book:White Palace

Source: White Palace

“[...] pois o cotidiano das pessoas com quem dividimos o teto nos garante que não erramos de vida, que ainda existimos dentro do que somos, que não estamos abandonados ao desconhecido.”

Quotes Aline Bei

Book:Uma delicada coleção de ausências

Source: Uma delicada coleção de ausências

“Rockets should not burn when they are not supposed to. As rules at NASA went, this was pretty high up there.”

Humor Books

Book:When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Source: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

“And also for fans and researchers, every book owned by a writer is precious. A notation in the margins or a single turned down corner of a page could be a step forward in their research.”

Books Research Precious Notation

Book:Dinner at the Night Library

Source: Dinner at the Night Library

“German soldiers had destroyed the collection, waging a war on words, ideas, and our need for communication. Books, newspapers, and journals contained our past, the way we saw things, and the way we wished things would be. They carried our longings, our dreams for children, an hour of escape, and an education.”

Literature Books Ideals

Book:Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Source: Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

“Here's hoping we both encounter some wonderful books in the future," Tomo said with a smile.”

Books Book Lovers Books Reading Friendship

Book:Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Source: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas that have lasted thousands of years, or just since the most recent Harry Potter. I hope I am always walled in by the very weight and breadth and clumsy, inefficient, antiquated bulk of them, hope that I spend my last days on this Earth arranging and rearranging them on thrones of good, honest pine, oak, and mahogany, because they just feel good in my hands, because I just like to look at their covers, and dream of the promose of the great stories inside.”

Reading Books

Book:My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

Source: My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

“Sitting down to read a book today is an act of rebellion. A rebellion against Big Algorithm. Against the Short Attention Span illuminati, who if have their way, will make every book a banned book.”

Reading Creativity Books Attention Span Algorithm

Book:The Wanderer: Last Days in Nepal

Source: The Wanderer: Last Days in Nepal

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