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

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

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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

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A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

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Learning to appreciate the journey even when it rains. Every experience has value.

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

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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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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

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