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Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant.

Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant.
– Diane Setterfield

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  27. In fact, they live in a state of constant paradox where truth is anything but constant – Guy Delisle
  28. Just as the universe is in constant flux, so too are we in constant change, and we must accept that. – Stephen Richards
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