Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

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"Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla."

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"Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18."

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"At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly."

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"At eighteen, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly."

- Jim Bishop

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