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Ellen Hopkins Quotes: A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.
         

A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.


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A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.
         



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This page presents the quote "A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.". Author of this quote is Ellen Hopkins. This quote is about intellectual-freedom, ideas, books, censorship, banned-books, freedom-to-read, banned-books-week,.