Life isn’t about finding the path; it’s about leaving a trail.

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

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Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

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Where words leave off, music begins. —Heinrich Heine

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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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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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Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you.

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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