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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
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We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
By so much reading. It is rather when
We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge
Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound,
Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth--
'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
