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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The mirror never lies, but it doesn’t tell the whole story either.

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Maps can’t show the real destination—it’s always somewhere inside you.

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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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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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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. --Swami Vivekananda

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

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

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