If a book comes from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts…

Thomas Carlyle
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If a book comes from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and author-craft are of small amount to that. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.136, Lulu.com
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If a book comes from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and author-craft are of small amount to that. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.136, Lulu.com

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