A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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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 the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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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 are the mirrors of the soul.

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

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