“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
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“But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
“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.”
“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.”
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
“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.”
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“If you’re reading this… Congratulations, you’re alive. If that’s not something to smile about, then I don’t know what is.”
“I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
“I cannot live without books.”