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Quote by Carlos Fuentes
To read and write is a paradise.
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The quote presents reading and writing as a kind of paradise: a place of deep pleasure, freedom, and discovery. It suggests that engaging with words—both receiving ideas from them and creating them—can feel profoundly fulfilling.
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