“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“An honest book is almost as good as a friend.”
— Robert Charles Wilson, book Spin
Source: Spin (2005), p. 261
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