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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

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.

Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ΄em, then we grow out of ΄em and leave ΄em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.



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.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

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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