And speaking of book quotes,
David Klinger forwarded a link to the good reads web site, which features thousands of quotes about books. Thanks! Here are several I enjoyed. What are your picks, readers?
-Editor
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky
“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
“Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
― Dr. Seuss
To read the complete article, see:
Quotes About Books
(www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/books)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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