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

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

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

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

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I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. --Swami Vivekananda

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The mirror never lies, but it doesn’t tell the whole story either.

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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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