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    A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

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Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

by Stephen Vincent Benet Found in: Books Quotes,
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Books Quotes,
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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.

by John Milton Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Books Quotes,
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Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

by Owen Meredith Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

by Edwin P. Whipple Found in: Books Quotes,
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

by Frank Dane Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Books Quotes,
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

by B. F. Skinner Found in: Books Quotes,
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