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"My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel."

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."

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"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study."

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