Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. ― Edward Bulwer Lytton

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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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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.

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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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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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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 and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

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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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