“I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.”

— David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

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"I want my books to have their own shelves", you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.
Source: The Lover's Dictionary

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American author and editor 1972

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