"Books, like people, can't be reduced to the……" — Yann Martel
"Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them."
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214 Quotes by Yann Martel
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- When you tame someone they become unique to you in all the world — Antoine de Saint-Exupery