Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the righ…

Alain de Botton
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Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. ✨ Twitter post from Sep 16, 2013
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Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. ✨ Twitter post from Sep 16, 2013

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