Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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I am grateful for emphasis on reading the scriptures. I hope that for you this will become something far more enjoyable than… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The saving of empty beer and liquor bottles is a strange college phenomenon. I bet most of you college students reading this… — Aaron Karo Copy Share Image
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My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
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Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
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There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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Yes," she answers and does not move. She might, at this moment, be nothing but a floating intelligence; not even a brain… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
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Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
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