"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."

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"Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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Maurice Sendak, American Artist

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George Orwell, British Author

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Stephen King, American Author

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