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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

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I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.

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Never judge a book by its movie.

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

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Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

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Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

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I read part of it all the way through.

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I have read your book and much like it.

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Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.

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This book fills a much-needed gap.

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Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

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Woe be to him that reads but one book.

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Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.

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This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

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Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.

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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

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The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

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