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Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. when you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish everything on your plate. one reward of leaving school is that you don’t have to finish books you don’t like.
-John Irving
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Grown-ups Shouldn’t Finish Books They’re Not Enjoying.

John Irving
Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. when you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish everything on your plate. one reward of leaving school is that you don’t have to finish books you don’t like.
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