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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more 
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a 
book. 
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
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.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
  In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace. 
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested.  
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested.