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We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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