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    The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

by Gaston Bachelard Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

by William Feather 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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This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

by Raoul Vaneigem Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Ernest Hemingway 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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Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

by Voltaire Found in: Books Quotes,
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It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

by William Osler Found in: Books Quotes,
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