Books are the mirrors of the soul.

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

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

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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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Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you.

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A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

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

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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 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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