To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. — Maya Angelou

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You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

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If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

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When you feel sad, it’s okay. It’s not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when you doubt yourself, and when you feel like everything you do sucks, but then there’s those days when you feel like Superman. It’s just the balance of the world. I just write to feel better. — Mac Miller

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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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