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Books Quotes

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them Picture Quote #1

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study Picture Quote #1

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own Picture Quote #1

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world Picture Quote #1

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them Picture Quote #1

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones Picture Quote #1

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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads Picture Quote #1

The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up Picture Quote #1

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books Picture Quote #1

I’m constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read Picture Quote #1

The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us Picture Quote #1

All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books Picture Quote #1

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It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down Picture Quote #1

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like Picture Quote #1

In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up Picture Quote #1

Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun Picture Quote #1

The difference between where you are today and where you’ll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you’ve read Picture Quote #1

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Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose Picture Quote #1

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent and unbudgeable as those in food Picture Quote #1

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change (as the poet said), windows on the world and lighthouses erected in the sea of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print Picture Quote #1

We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us Picture Quote #1

It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love Picture Quote #1

By the time I was sixteen I had read many books and I had become a freethinker Picture Quote #1

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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition Picture Quote #1

It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge Picture Quote #1

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you Picture Quote #1

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil Picture Quote #1

Are you kidding? I’m supposed to put my books in this filthy tin coffin? Picture Quote #1

People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul Picture Quote #1

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To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them (Books Quotes) We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study (Books Quotes) Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own (Books Quotes) There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world (Books Quotes) A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them (Books Quotes) The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones (Books Quotes) If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads (Books Quotes) The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up (Books Quotes) It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books (Books Quotes) I’m constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read (Books Quotes) The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us (Books Quotes) All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books (Books Quotes) It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down (Books Quotes) Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like (Books Quotes) In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up (Books Quotes) Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks (Books Quotes) If you’re going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun (Books Quotes) The difference between where you are today and where you’ll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you’ve read (Books Quotes) Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose (Books Quotes) Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent and unbudgeable as those in food (Books Quotes) Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change (as the poet said), windows on the world and lighthouses erected in the sea of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print (Books Quotes) We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us (Books Quotes) It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love (Books Quotes) By the time I was sixteen I had read many books and I had become a freethinker (Books Quotes) A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition (Books Quotes) It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge (Books Quotes) All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you (Books Quotes) Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil (Books Quotes) Are you kidding? I’m supposed to put my books in this filthy tin coffin? (Books Quotes) People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul (Books Quotes)

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