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Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.
Diane Ackerman
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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, I have a secret to tell you. And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly, you would answer: Whisper it into my mouth.
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