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    Books, books, books!
    I had found the secret of a garret room
    Piled high with cases in my father's name;
    Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping in and out
    Among the giant fossils of my past,
    Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs
    Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
    At this or that box, pulling through the gap,
    In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy,
    The first book first. And how I felt it beat
    Under my pillow, in the morning's dark,
    An hour before the sun would let me read!
    My books!
    At last, because the time was ripe,
    I chanced upon the poets.

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the read more

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

by Charles William Eliot 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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The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Books Quotes,
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A wicked book cannot repent.

A wicked book cannot repent.

by Old Proverb Found in: Books Quotes,
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It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

by William Osler Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

by Oprah Winfrey Found in: Books Quotes,
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The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

by Katherine Mansfield Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

by William Feather Found in: Books Quotes,
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