I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.

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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

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If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.

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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

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