Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet a…

Ann Patchett
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Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps. ✨ Ashton Kutcher’s 'Raj’ Ad: Where Do We Draw the Line? by Eleni Gage, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2012.
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Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected. ✨ Ann Patchett (2009). What Now?, p.3, Harper Collins

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps. ✨ Ashton Kutcher’s 'Raj’ Ad: Where Do We Draw the Line? by Eleni Gage, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2012.

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