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Booked Quotes (page 4)

Alice Hoffman quote: "Books may well be the only true magic."
Books may well be the only true magic. Alice Hoffman
Nick Hornby quote: "Books are, let's face it, better than everything else."
Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. Nick Hornby
Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand. Alan Bennett
Orhan Pamuk quote: "Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our..."
Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. Orhan Pamuk
J. K. Rowling quote: "Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect..."
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out. J. K. Rowling
Books are where we go alone to complicate ourselves. Inside this solitude, we take on contours, textures, perspectives. Heightened language levitates the reader. Great art transfigures. And when we go back to it, it's full of even more surprises. We get older; it gets smarter. John Leonard
Carl Sagan quote: "Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work..."
Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic. Carl Sagan
E. M. Forster quote: "Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time);..."
Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain. E. M. Forster
Nadine Gordimer quote: "Books dont need batteries"
Books dont need batteries Nadine Gordimer
Jim Bishop quote: "Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat..."
Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat or fly into the future. Jim Bishop
Nicholson Baker quote: "Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no..."
Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens. Nicholson Baker
James Dewar quote: "Books and minds only work when they're open."
Books and minds only work when they're open. James Dewar
Books lie, he said.God dont lie.No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words.He held up a chunk of rock.He speaks in stones and trees, the bones of things.The squatters in their rags nodded among themselves and were soon reckoning him correct, this man of learning, in all his speculations, and this the judge encouraged until they were right proselytes of the new order whereupon he laughed at them for fools. Cormac McCarthy
George Steiner quote: "Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and..."
Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. George Steiner
Victor Hugo quote: "Books are cold but sure friends."
Books are cold but sure friends. Victor Hugo

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