And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps y…

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And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps your favorite sentence-to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that moved you to tears. ✨ John Irving (2012). In One Person: A Novel, p.41, Simon and Schuster
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And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps your favorite sentence-to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that moved you to tears. ✨ John Irving (2012). In One Person: A Novel, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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