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

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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

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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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The world is full of wonders; open your heart and let them in.

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I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material.

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

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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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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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