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I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
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One of my favorite authors, Garbrielle Zevin, she did a book called 'Elsewhere,' that is one of my favorites, and I think… — Isabelle Fuhrman Copy Share Image
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The airport bookstore did not sell books, only bestsellers, which Sita Dulip cannot read without risking a severe systemic reaction. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book? — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
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