She stood in the Library of Congress, holding a book instead of a microphone. No stage. No spotlight. Just a quiet milestone: 100 million books given away. Dolly Parton didn’t sing that day — she didn’t need to. Her voice was in every story a child would read because of her. She talked about her father, who couldn’t read, and the little dream that started in Sevierville and somehow made it around the world. Sparkles on her jacket. Tears in her eyes. A room full of people listening — not to music, but to meaning.

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