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Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.

Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.

Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern

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Jo Walton
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Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jo Walton: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q438330, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438330 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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