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It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.


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PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH You look like a really well-dressed pirate carting around an ugly treasure chest.
J.D. ROBB Please be SILENT and LISTEN.
I am the SCHOOLMASTER
and you are in the CLASSROOM.
Just...
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PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH But remember what I said about forgetting what I said?
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PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because yo...
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PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Death is like an old dog. He always knows when you are at his door.
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH I ate him," said the homunculus, biting into his sausage.
The kids couldn't hide their looks of...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Very little in this world makes sense.
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ANUJ SOMANY He danced across my heart like a pirate,
Constantly discovering my secrets,
Turning over e...
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DONALD PALMISANO Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They...
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JULIE DAWN COLE I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.
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NEIL GAIMAN I tried to think of a vice I want to sacrifice, and ended up reasoning that I need my bad habits, de...
SARA BAUME Knowledge was scattered treasure, education organized it into art, commerce and science.
AMIT KALANTRI He does kiss like a pirate though, I was able to re-affirm that.
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MARGARET ATWOOD I was born in Den Bosch, where the painter Hieronymus Bosch named himself after. And so I've alw...
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SARA BAUME But I know I will do neither; nothing. I have all the time in the world, and yet, I can't be bothere...
SARA BAUME So it's as if,' I say, 'I'm okay in my own bones, but I know that my bones aren't living up to other...
SARA BAUME There really isn't much wrong with me,' I say, 'it's just that, well, I'm not like other people; I d...
SARA BAUME I knew precisely what things I wanted to do—and when and why—and I was deeply resentful of other...
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KAREN MOORE He was walking just fine and it didn't seem like he was in a lot of pain.
HOWARD ROSENKRANTZ I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like ...
RICHARD SERRA The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch a...
RADHANATH SWAMI We must learn how to explode! Any disease is healthier than the one provoked by a hoarded rage.
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Why are you suggesting something… then deny to tell the whole thing?
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GREG KOTIS I feel like Buckner walking back into Shea.
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SHANNON L. ALDER If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH But remember what I said about forgetting what I said?
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was l...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotio...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because yo...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH If I do find out the Secret,I won't be able to tell it to you-you know that right?And that doesn't m...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Death is like an old dog. He always knows when you are at his door.
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH I ate him," said the homunculus, biting into his sausage.
The kids couldn't hide their looks of...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Very little in this world makes sense.
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Please be SILENT and LISTEN.
I am the SCHOOLMASTER
and you are in the CLASSROOM.
Just...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH But there were other, vaguer, harder-to-pin-down feelings, like: a pit in the stomach that means som...
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages...
ROBERT BOSCH You don't want to pick grapes and have some of the earlier ripening mixed with the higher ripening, ...
DANIEL BOSCH I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good w...
ROBERT BOSCH This is a good family going through a difficult time.
DON BOSCH Taking your time is not a bad idea to make sure they get it right the first time.
DON BOSCH They want to take their time, making sure they charge in the most appropriate way.
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