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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
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.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.