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> [The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-stewart/the-first-book-really-was-kind-of-an-entertaining-textbook-for-the/)

[Martha Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-stewart/)

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> [Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction can’t provide that, we may be excused from inquiring into its higher qualities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-good-book-should-be-entertaining-a-good-book-will-be-more-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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