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The pudge refuses to budge.
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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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“There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored.”
― Inkheart
― Inkheart
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“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― The Living
― The Living
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“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.”
― The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
― The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
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“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”
― Inkheart
― Inkheart
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