People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions…

Terry Pratchett
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People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as Is this the laundry? How do you spell surreptitious? and, on a regular basis, Do you have a book I remember reading once? It had a red cover and it turned out they were twins. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33), p.234, Random House
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