Do words matter?


Books make the best gifts as they can provoke or placate. And they are more meaningful than trinkets that hog home space.

AFTER listlessly picking through trinkets and toys for years, I finally gave up. As gifts for friends and family, I will give away only plants and books from now on.

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Do words matter?

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