Kids who have no interest in books are usually from slob parents who themselves had no interest in books. ― Dr. Seuss

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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.― Sharon Salzberg

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Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion.

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I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

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If you throw one stone, it’s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, it’s political action. If you set a car on fire, it’s a punishable offence. If hundreds of cars are set on fire, it’s political action. Protest is when I say I don’t agree with something. Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place.

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When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China. - Jean Fritz

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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.― Mark Twain

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Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature. ― R.F. Kuang

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Stop searching for god in the farthest corners of the universe. He is in you. You are it ― Bangambiki Habyarimana

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