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Reading for writers is like training for athletes.

— Linda Sue Park A Long Walk to Water (2010)

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Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope.

A Long Walk to Water (2010)

One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.

A Long Walk to Water (2010)

How could memories feel so close and so far away at the same time?

A Long Walk to Water (2010)

Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope.

A Long Walk to Water (2010)

If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?

A Long Walk to Water (2010)

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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