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If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read read more

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.

by Anatole Broyard Found in: Books Quotes,
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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Books Quotes,
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A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

by Margaret Fuller Found in: Books Quotes,
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You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of
the clerical militia with which the read more

You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of
the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked
are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees
knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.

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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

by Dorothy Parker Found in: Books Quotes,
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I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know read more

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.

by Nora Ephron Found in: Books Quotes,
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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Books 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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