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So this blessing of loneliness was not really loneliness. Real loneliness was something unendurable. What one wanted when exhausted by the noise and impact of physical bodies was not no people but disembodied people; all those denizens of beloved books who could be taken to one's heart and put away again, in silence, and with no hurt feelings. Elizabeth Goudge
It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot. Robert Hughes
A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. Henry Ward Beecher
Julian Barnes quote: "To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to..."
To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. Julian Barnes
Anne Frank quote: "Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut..."
Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements. Anne Frank
that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages Rene Descartes
L. M. Montgomery quote: "I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same..."
I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me… L. M. Montgomery
A. Whitney Brown quote: "In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into..."
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. A. Whitney Brown
Graham Greene quote: "There's nothing so heavy as books, sir--unless it's bricks."
There's nothing so heavy as books, sir--unless it's bricks. Graham Greene
Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy. Bertrand Russell
Holbrook Jackson quote: "Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today."
Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today. Holbrook Jackson
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a..."
When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Gustave Flaubert quote: "An author in his book must be like God in the universe,..."
An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. Gustave Flaubert
Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i. e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore guard the time... J. K. Rowling
Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul… Walt Whitman

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