Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back?

Jeanette Winterson
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book...
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book...
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book...
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book...
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The quote, "Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it.

You step through. Do you come back?" means that books can take you to places unknown and unusual. It's like stepping onto a magic carpet and flying off to other lands and worlds where you will never be forgotten or left behind.

Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

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