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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You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

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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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If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life. -- Rumi

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

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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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