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

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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

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Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ―Rumi

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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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Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

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

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

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

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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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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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