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Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries |
| 2 |
If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book |
| 3 |
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but of how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness |
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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you |
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly |
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Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge |
| 7 |
She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live |
| 8 |
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark |
| 9 |
Books may well be the only true magic |
| 10 |
Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry |
| 11 |
There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all |
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story |
| 13 |
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world |
| 14 |
That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet |
| 15 |
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore |
| 16 |
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back |
| 17 |
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go |
| 18 |
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading |
| 19 |
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in |
| 20 |
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame |
| 21 |
Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have |
| 22 |
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others |
| 23 |
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers |
| 24 |
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting |
| 25 |
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader |
| 26 |
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries |
| 27 |
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary |
| 28 |
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed |
| 29 |
Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks |
| 30 |
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home |
| 31 |
Reading brings us unknown friends |
| 32 |
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one |
| 33 |
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say |
| 34 |
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all |
| 35 |
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all |
| 36 |
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it |
| 37 |
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them |
| 38 |
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip |
| 39 |
The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t |
| 40 |
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself |
| 41 |
′Classic′ – a book which people praise and don’t read |
| 42 |
I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once |
| 43 |
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you |
| 44 |
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere |
| 45 |
Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you |
| 46 |
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free |
| 47 |
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading |
| 48 |
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them |
| 49 |
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own |
| 50 |
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them |
