One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1000 years. To read is to voyage through time. – Carl Sagan

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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1000 years. To read is to voyage through time. – Carl Sagan

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