Diamonds For Eyes


13,953 notes "This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have." —

In 1944 a children’s book club sent a volume about penguins to a 10-year-old girl, enclosing a card seeking her opinion.

She wrote this.

American diplomat Hugh Gibson called it the finest piece of literary criticism he had ever read.

(via jamesthepious)

(Source: excitementanddisbelief, via vondell-swain)

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