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    Books, books, books!
    I had found the secret of a garret room
    Piled high with cases in my father's name;
    Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping in and out
    Among the giant fossils of my past,
    Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs
    Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
    At this or that box, pulling through the gap,
    In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy,
    The first book first. And how I felt it beat
    Under my pillow, in the morning's dark,
    An hour before the sun would let me read!
    My books!
    At last, because the time was ripe,
    I chanced upon the poets.

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Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

by Bible Found in: Books Quotes,
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He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual read more

He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter

by Isaac Barrow Found in: Books Quotes,
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A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

by Albert Camus Found in: Books Quotes,
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Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Books Quotes,
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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

by Unknown Found in: Books Quotes,
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An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

by Andre Malraux Found in: Books Quotes,
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The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Books Quotes,
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