Eudora WeltyI learned from the age of two or three that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there to read in, or be read to.
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An avid reader, I have always loved books. When I was young, my parents often read to me before bedtime. From the age of two or three, I knew that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there to read in, or be read to.
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