The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of …

Ray Bradbury
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The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.39, Hamilton Books
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