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A Book is an Astonishing Thing

On November 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Quotes

“What an astonishing thing a book is.  It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.  But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.  Across the millennia, an author is [...]

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The Magic of Books

On June 3, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Books I'm Reading

When my sister and I were growing up, we spent our summers going to and from the library with stacks of books in each arm.  At home, our dad would get sick of seeing us reading the day away so he would make us go outside.  He’d check on us 20 minutes later and there [...]

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