We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
By so much reading. It is rather when
We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge
Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound,
Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth--
'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
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.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
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.
