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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.
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in read more
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
Never judge a book by its movie.
Never judge a book by its movie.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
