• The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

  William Dean Howells
  American writer, criticus 1837-1920
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. mortality
2. inanimate
3. terrible
4. books

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The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. by : William Dean Howells

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