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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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The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

by Katherine Mansfield Found in: Books Quotes,
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Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

by John Milton Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

by George R.r. Martin. Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Books Quotes,
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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Books Quotes,
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Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

by Jane Smiley Found in: Books Quotes,
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If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read read more

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.

by Anatole Broyard Found in: Books Quotes,
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