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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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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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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A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.

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Life is too short for long-term grudges. ― Elon Musk

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

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

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