“ The multitude of Books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing. ” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“ Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your Books. ” ~ Dr. Seuss
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“ Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for Books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book. ” ~ E.B. White
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“ All that I hope to say in Books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. ” ~ E.B. White
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“ At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my Books attain a collective dignity. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ I suggest that the only Books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ I suggest that the only Books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ I suggest that the only Books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ I suggest that the only Books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ It is a mistake to think that Books have come to stay. The human race did without them for thousands of years and may decide to do without them again. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the Books and talk that would describe it as interesting are obligated to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence. Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alertly as we pretend ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ Rickie had a young man's reticence. He generally spoke of a friend, a person I know, a place I was at. When the Books of life is opening, our readings are secret, and we are unwilling to give chapter and verse. Mr Pembroke, who was halfway through the volume, and had skipped or forgotten the earlier pages, could not understand Rickie's hesitation. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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Inspirational Quotes : |
“ Talk away. If you bore us, we have Books. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ The only Books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. ” ~ E.M. Forster
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“ Some men, Flamel irresistibly added, think of Books merely as tools, others as tooling. I'm between the two; there are days when I use them as scenery, other days when I want them as society; so that, as you see, my library represents a makeshift compromise between looks and brains, and the collectors look down on me almost as much as the students. ” ~ Edith Wharton
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“ The true felicity of a lover of Books is the luxurious turning of page by page, the surrender, not meanly abject, but deliberate and cautious, with your wits about you, as you deliver yourself into the keeping of the book. This I call reading. ” ~ Edith Wharton
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“ They all knew there was nothing Mrs. Plinth so much disliked as being asked her opinion of a book. Books were written to read; if one read them what more could be expected? To be questioned in detail regarding the contents of a volume seemed to her as great an outrage as being searched for smuggled laces at the Custom House. ” ~ Edith Wharton
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“ He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes Books. ” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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