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“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” — John Lennon

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“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” — Howard Zinn

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“I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.” — Jose Ortega Y Gasset, philosopher and essayist (1883-1955)

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“When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” – Ignatius Reilly in “Confederacy of Dunces”

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“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the pages of a book I can be anybody; I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life; I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I’m just beginning myself, and I wouldn’t mind a map; I read […]

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“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, / Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, / Sermons in stones, and good in everything.” — William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (1564-1616)

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“Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but you make the whole trip that way.” — E.L. Doctorow, writer (1931- ) And look here — Mrs. Crocodile has a new website. Happy reading and writing! — Ms. Nancy

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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss February is Black History Month and we are reading novels, biographies and other books centered on this theme. We started early this year, with books about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther […]

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Here are some cool cards I came across on the PBS site, if you would like to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” — Frances Willard (1839-1898) Have a good weekend, everyone. Best, Ms. Nancy

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