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

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

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Where words leave off, music begins. —Heinrich Heine

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Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you.

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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

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I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

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