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Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Books Quotes,
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Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

by Donatus Found in: Literature Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Helm Found in: Books Quotes,
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Literature is my utopia.

Literature is my utopia.

by Helen Keller Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it read more

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

by Sir James M. Barrie Found in: Books Quotes,
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If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no read more

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty, he sinks into oblivion. Society, on the other hand, has no obligation toward the poet. A majority by definition, society thinks of itself as having other options than reading verses, no matter how well written. Its failure to do so results in its sinking to that level of locution at which society falls easy prey to a demagogue or a tyrant. This is society's own equivalent of oblivion.

by Joseph Brodsky Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

by Ezra Pound Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

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The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

by Sir Arthur Keith Found in: Books Quotes,
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