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But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn__ make them perfect. You try to cherish their virtues and overlook their flaws. The flaws are still there, though. ""But you don__ get mad. Not like Pop does.""No, that__ true, I don__ get mad. Not at stories. They do disappoint me sometimes." He looked at the shelves. "Sometimes, they stab me in the heart.
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But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn__ make them perfect. You try to cherish their virtues and overlook their flaws. The flaws are still there, though. ""But you don__ get mad. Not like Pop does.""No, that__ true, I don__ get mad. Not at stories. They do disappoint me sometimes." He looked at the shelves. "Sometimes, they stab me in the heart.

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