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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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose. ― Lou Holtz

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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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Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have 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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I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material.

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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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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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