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See that door right there, the one marked "Pirate"? Do you think a pirate lives in there?
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
You never read about the real pain. It lives where no word can travel.
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?
That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
But I can't wait to read these, honestly. Seriously, I'll put these in front of my toilet, they'll be read by tomorrow morning.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?
I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.
We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.
What is reading but silent conversation?
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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