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"Books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life."
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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

"Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book."

"If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it."

"I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please."

"He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears."

"Kindle, isn't it? the waitress asked. "I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I'm reading my way through all of Jodi Picoult's books. "Oh, probably not all of them, Wesley said. "Huh? Why not? "She's probably got another one done already. That's all I meant. "And James Patterson's probably written one since he got up this morning! she said, and went off chortling."
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"Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it."

"Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."

"She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners."

"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."

"That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct."

"I was never like the rest of you, making plans about the great things I'd do, I never saw myself as anything much, just shy, stupid little Beth, who's only use was at home. Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home, but I don't like being left behind. Now I'm the one going ahead, No one can stop God if He wants me, But I'm afraid I shall be homesick for you... even in heaven."

"Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natural and wholesome way. It is the fault with most American schools, and the poor little heads will go on aching till we learn better."
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