books Quotes

“Books are like imprisoned souls until some one takes them down from a shelf and reads them.”

― Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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“books are a uniquely portable magic.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

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“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

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“If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.”

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”

― Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“One must always be careful of books . . . and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

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“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means”

― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

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