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01Undated

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.

Paula Fox / quote

02Undated

Words are nets through which all truth escapes("News From The World")

Paula Fox / quote

03Undated

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

Paula Fox / quote

04Undated

He smiled and bent forward, a hand on each knee, his truculence gleaming through his smile like a stone under water.

Paula Fox / quote

05Undated

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.

Paula Fox / quote