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“Books had always been a way for my mother and me to introduce and explore topics that concerned us but made us uneasy, and they had also always given us something to talk about when we were stressed or anxious.” quote by Will Schwalbe — Download Open image

““Books had always been a way for my mother and me to introduce and explore topics that concerned us but made us uneasy, and they had also always given us something to talk about when we were stressed or anxious.””

Will Schwalbe

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“If heathen prayers were indeed the best of all, then mine should count big time.”

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“I did manage to read some pages from a book that’s also about how people can find strength they didn’t know they had.” “What book was that?” “The Book of Common Prayer,” Mom answered. “Didion?” “No, Will.” Mom’s voice was somewhere between amused and exasperated. “The other one.” And then she added, smiling: “Besides, I think the Didion is A…

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“Connelly writes, “As long as there is paper, people will write, secretly, in small rooms, in the hidden chambers of their minds, just as…

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“When I think back on all the refugee camps I visited, all over the world, the people always asked for the same thing: books.…

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“asked: “And I was very surprised by the ending. Were you?” “Of course not—I’d read it first. I don’t think I could have stood…

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“A father and his son are in a terrible car crash. The father is killed instantly—but the son survives, barely, his life hanging in the balance. He’s rushed to the hospital and into surgery, but there’s only one doctor there, and as soon as the doctor sees the boy, the doctor says, ‘I can’t operate on my own son!’ How…

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