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> [“I think it will last," said Grandfather. "In my experience when people once begin to read they go on. They begin because they think they ought to and they go on because they must. Yes. They find it widens life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/i-think-it-will-last-said-grandfather-in-my-experience-when-people/)

[Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/)

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