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    One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.

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A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

by Anthony Hope Found in: Books Quotes,
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This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading read more

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

by Giorgos Seferis Found in: Books Quotes,
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Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

by Bible Found in: Books Quotes,
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Books Quotes,
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Books Quotes,
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Books Quotes,
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

by Harper Lee Found in: Books Quotes,
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