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“If you spend all your time reading books that you only pretend to understand, year after year, there isn't much room for anything else.” quote by Cathleen Schine — Download Open image

“If you spend all your time reading books that you only pretend to understand, year after year, there isn't much room for anything else.”

Cathleen Schine

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