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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.
         

I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.


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