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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
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.
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.
