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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.”
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
“We live for books.”
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
“Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.”
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”
“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.”
“Literature is fire.”
“Reading is an act of freedom.”
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
“Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons.”
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't.”
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
“Books are companions that never fail you.”
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