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title: "3 Defined Books Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“To reduce a library to simple architecture, bricks and mortar is a mistake. Similarly, to suggest a library is defined by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hardeep-singh-kohli/to-reduce-a-library-to-simple-architecture-bricks-and-mortar-is-a/)

[Hardeep Singh Kohli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hardeep-singh-kohli/)

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> [“To reduce a library to simple architecture, bricks and mortar is a mistake. Similarly, to suggest a library is defined by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/to-reduce-a-library-to-simple-architecture-bricks-and-mortar-is-a-2/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

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> [Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/readers-censors-know-are-defined-by-the-books-they-read/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

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