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Books, the children of the brain. — Jonathan Swift · Smartyfair

Books, the children of the brain.

Jonathan Swift1667–1745 · writer · 1600s-1700s Ireland & EnglandJonathan Swift was an Irish writer and church dean best known for Gulliver's Travels, the adventure of a traveler who visits lands of tiny people, giants, and talking horses.1 quote

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Books come from what's inside people's heads, like children born from imagination.

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