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The best moments in reading are when you come across something _ a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things _ which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
Alan Bennett The History Boys
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The best moments in reading are when you come across something _ a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things _ which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
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The History Boys

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