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She was a long-necked, long-backed woman, who disciplined her hair and her children.
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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