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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that i find very unattractive in what they say. but it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. if you don't like a book, read another book. if you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
-Salman Rushdie
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I Can Walk Into A Bookshop And

Salman Rushdie
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that i find very unattractive in what they say. but it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. if you don't like a book, read another book. if you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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