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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.
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.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as read more
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.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.
