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Mary Ann Shaffer

  • “Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”

    • Mary Ann Shaffer,
    • in Mary Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ()

  • “I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.”

    • Mary Ann Shaffer,
    • in Mary Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ()

Mary Ann Shaffer, U.S. writer, editor, librarian

(1934 - 2008)