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I was a good boy in high school , and I read for English class, and I vaguely remember reading, as a… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
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The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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![“He [David Foster Wallace] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family and not from how they make out in the world. “It’s good to want a child to do well, but it’s bad to want that glory to reflect back on you,” is what he says.” quote by David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a4b/david-lipsky-30389_books_he-david-foster-wallace-compares-raising_1575049.jpg)
