Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.
Maira Kalman
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FRAN LEBOWITZ When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".
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DAWN ADAMS Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
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