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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
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“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
Linnea’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Linnea’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
510 books
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61 friends
174 books
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229 books
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39 friends
408 books
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178 friends
131 books
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231 books
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26 friends
176 books
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75 friends
1,701 books
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76 friends
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