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Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform.


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I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy



I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.



Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.



For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.



Of course I loved books more than people.

Of course I loved books more than people.



A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.



But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.



When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.



A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.



There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.





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Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible.



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