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

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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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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You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

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If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

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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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We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear. ― Bill Russell

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A book is a gift you can open again and again.

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

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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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