"He wished he was with his mom in……" — Brian Selznick
"He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal system. Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad."
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31 Quotes by Brian Selznick
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I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.
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