In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
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Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.