Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

Lisa See
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Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
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Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times. ✨ Lisa See (2012). Dreams of Joy, p.95, A&C Black
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