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These are great.
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“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
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"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King
"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book." - Marcel Proust
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"We read to know, we're not alone".

William Nicholson
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"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish)
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go! - Dr. Seuss
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Pride and Prejudice
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My High School English teacher gave me this quote and it stuck with me. Even till today I repeat those words and tell them to my current students.

"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” William Faulkner
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An impressive post. I love these quotes!
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Post by Phoebs BookWormz »

If life give you lemons, make lemondade out of them and laugh out loud.

Actions speak louder than words.

There is no real risk if you are very careful.
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1. "My father always said 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their bookshelf.'" - Emilia Clarke


2. Polonius: What do you read, my lord?

Hamlet: Words, words, words - William Shakespeare

3. "The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read." - Abraham Lincoln
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein
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Post by 3chicnP »

A house without books is like a room without windows.
I'm not sure who that's from, I found it on Tumblr (of course.)
I am a free spirit
like mafia
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"I am simply a book drunkard"

~L.M. Montgomery
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Post by Jadetheobscure »

My all time favourite book quote:

"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child." - Dr. Seuss
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“Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read." ~Attributed to Groucho Marx

"A house without books is like a room without windows." ~Heinrich Mann

"Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books." - Thomas Carlyle
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