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One of the most valuable skills I’d learned while trying to survive as a refugee was reading what other people wanted me to do.

— Clemantine Wamariya

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My mom says tears are good for your skin.” And maybe your soul, too.

I want to really live in the present, and find love and joy in the world around me.

There is so much human pain and suffering in the world. I want to honor all those difficult experiences and acknowledge their aftermath.

I was the clever child who induced the fairy godmother to bring her parents back to life.

Anything to help me connect with my strength beyond suffering.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

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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