For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.

Emma Donoghue
For all the books in his possession, he still failed...
For all the books in his possession, he still failed...
For all the books in his possession, he still failed...
For all the books in his possession, he still failed...
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For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him. When you love others, you can’t help but notice their pain and sorrow. Even if you are not aware of it, you are affected by what you see. Take this quote from Winston Churchill, “For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.” You may think that you are unaffected by what you see but if someone is close to you, how can you not feel their pain?

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