 “ To read well, that is, to read true Books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise... ” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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“ To read well, that is, to read true Books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any other exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. ” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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“ To read well, that is, to read true Books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. ” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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“ A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have Books. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without Books is like a room without windows. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ Books are not men and yet they stay alive. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ The love of learning; the sequestered nooks and all the sweet serenity of Books. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and Books. ” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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“ And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself; may there be plenty of Books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth! ” ~ Horace
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“ wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from Books alone. ” ~ Horace
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“ And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's Books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was there, and he signed that without as much as a waver to his smile...except that he signed: 'Harlan Ellison. ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ Having reached 451 Books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fiftyone." (Those would be my nexttolast words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. Janet.. ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ Hardin continued: "It isn't just you. It's the whole Galaxy. Pirenne heard Lord Dorwin's idea of scientific research. Lord Dorwin thought the way to be a good archaeologist was to read all the Books on the subject - written by men who were dead for centuries. He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weight the opposing authorities. And Pirenne listened and made no objections. Don't you see that there's something wrong with that? ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my Books. ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of Robotics. What I want to be remembered for is no one book, or no dozen Books. Any single thing I have written can be paralleled or even surpassed by something someone else has done. However, my total corpus for quantity, quality and variety can be duplicated by no one else. That is what I want to be remembered for. ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of Books on how to write and courses on the subject... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules. ” ~ Isaac Asimov
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“ The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law Books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect. ” ~ Jimmy Carter
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“ I want to write Books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head. ” ~ John Updike
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