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“ The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves. ”

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At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.

~ Chris Van Allsburg

Book lovers love books! her mother announced. There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement.from Mr. Linden's Library by Walter Dean Myers

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Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

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I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

~ Chris Van Allsburg