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Books Quotes

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all Picture Quote #1

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested Picture Quote #1

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world Picture Quote #1

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me Picture Quote #1

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books Picture Quote #1

Not all on books their criticism waste; the genius of a dish some justly taste, and eat their way to fame Picture Quote #1

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Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe Picture Quote #1

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see Picture Quote #1

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education Picture Quote #1

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain Picture Quote #1

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books Picture Quote #1

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi Picture Quote #1

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If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list Picture Quote #1

Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported into other worlds entirely? Picture Quote #1

Because we all know that the books we've loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly Picture Quote #1

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life Picture Quote #1

Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith Picture Quote #1

Tears flooded her eyes and her heart beat heavily, but she knew it would be all right, because she knew that in the end the kind of power that was in these Books would never let her down Picture Quote #1

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If you want to hurt me fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I'm sleeping. But nobody nobody screws with my dog Picture Quote #1

There is scarcely as good critic of books born in our age, and yet every fool thinks himself justified in criticising persons Picture Quote #1

The Wise (Minstrel or Sage, ) out of their books are clay; but in their books, as from their graves they rise. Angels - that, side by side, upon our way, walk with and warn us! Picture Quote #1

We call some books immortal! Do they live? If so, believe me, time hath made them pure. In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace Picture Quote #1

The past but lives in words; a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale, unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips Picture Quote #1

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing Picture Quote #1

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He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood Picture Quote #1

Books go out into the world, travel mysteriously from hand to hand, and somehow find their way to the people who need them at the time when they need them. Cosmic forces guide such passings along Picture Quote #1

Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled Picture Quote #1

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere Picture Quote #1

In the background is the hiss of the gas heater; we hear the sound without hearing it for, side by side, together and miles apart, we are deep in our books Picture Quote #1

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all (Books Quotes) Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested (Books Quotes) Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world (Books Quotes) Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me (Books Quotes) Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books (Books Quotes) Not all on books their criticism waste; the genius of a dish some justly taste, and eat their way to fame (Books Quotes) Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe (Books Quotes) I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see (Books Quotes) Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education (Books Quotes) To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain (Books Quotes) Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books (Books Quotes) Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi (Books Quotes) If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list (Books Quotes) Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported into other worlds entirely? (Books Quotes) Because we all know that the books we've loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly (Books Quotes) Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life (Books Quotes) Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith (Books Quotes) Tears flooded her eyes and her heart beat heavily, but she knew it would be all right, because she knew that in the end the kind of power that was in these Books would never let her down (Books Quotes) If you want to hurt me fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I'm sleeping. But nobody nobody screws with my dog (Books Quotes) There is scarcely as good critic of books born in our age, and yet every fool thinks himself justified in criticising persons (Books Quotes) The Wise (Minstrel or Sage, ) out of their books are clay; but in their books, as from their graves they rise. Angels - that, side by side, upon our way, walk with and warn us! (Books Quotes) We call some books immortal! Do they live? If so, believe me, time hath made them pure. In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace (Books Quotes) The past but lives in words; a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale, unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips (Books Quotes) We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing (Books Quotes) He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood (Books Quotes) Books go out into the world, travel mysteriously from hand to hand, and somehow find their way to the people who need them at the time when they need them. Cosmic forces guide such passings along (Books Quotes) Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear (Books Quotes) When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled (Books Quotes) There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere (Books Quotes) In the background is the hiss of the gas heater; we hear the sound without hearing it for, side by side, together and miles apart, we are deep in our books (Books Quotes)

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