Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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The wound is the place where the Light enters you. ― Rumi

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

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If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

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

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A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

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We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear. ― Bill Russell

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Hope is the spark that lights up the darkest nights.

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