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Booked Quotes (page 145)

Ezra Pound quote: "There is no reason why the same man should like the same books..."
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight Ezra Pound
Ray Bradbury quote: "The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the..."
The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. Ray Bradbury
Heinrich Heine quote: "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human..."
Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. Heinrich Heine
One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. J. K. Rowling
Stephen King quote: "Good books don't give up all their secrets at once."
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once. Stephen King
Mark Twain quote: "If books are not good company, where shall I find it?"
If books are not good company, where shall I find it? Mark Twain
Don't lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don't have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Be true blue. You are a writer because you write. Keep writing and quit your bitching. Your book has a birthday. You don't know what it is yet. Cheryl Strayed
There was a time in the ancient world - a very long time - in which the central cultural problem must have seemed an inexhaustible outpouring of books. Where to put them all? How to organize them on the groaning shelves? How to hold the profusion of knowledge in one's head? The loss of this plenitude would have been virtually inconceivable to anyone living in its midst. Then, not all at once but with the cumulative force of a mass extinction, the whole enterprise came to an end. What looked... Stephen Greenblatt
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way? Emily Dickinson
Roberto Bolano quote: "Only great challenges make it worthwhile to pack up and move..."
Only great challenges make it worthwhile to pack up and move all one's books. Roberto Bolano
William Styron quote: "A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end...."
A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. William Styron
One hardly knew at times whether one was reading the spiritual ecstasies of some mediaeval saint or the morbid confessions of a modern sinner. It was a poisonous book. Oscar Wilde
Proposed Roads to FreedomIn this book Russell weighs the respective advantages and disadvantages of Socialism, Marxism and Syndicalism. John Stuart Mill
Gustave Flaubert quote: "She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all..."
She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books. Gustave Flaubert
Mary Wollstonecraft quote: "... judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart ..."
... judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart ... Mary Wollstonecraft

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