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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
― Madeleine L'Engle
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot
― Charles William Eliot
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
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