Selma Lagerlof Quotes

For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.

Selma Lagerlof

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• For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.

  

  Selma Lagerlof
  • Long
  • Book
  • Interesting