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- “I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”Roald Dahl
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- “I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which…”Lawrence Durrell
Books: more sayings
- “I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”Roald Dahl
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Books by Anita Brookner
Hotel du Lac
1984
Leaving Home
2005
Look at me
1982
Fraud-Canada
1994
Strangers
2009