Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of wha…

Neil Gaiman
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Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did, about how to behave. They were my teachers and my advisers. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane, p.73, Hachette UK
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