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Good Book Quotes (page 6)

John Milton quote: "A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit,..."
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. John Milton
Robert Frost quote: "A good book has no ending"
A good book has no ending Robert Frost
But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far and superior to that of muscle and sinew. Let me tell you, if you don't know it from your own experience, that reading a good book, losing yourself in the interest of words and thoughts, is for some people (me, for instance) an incredible intensity of happiness. Isaac Asimov
Wrong' training can be a very innocent thing. Consider a father who allows his child to read good books. That child may soon cease to watch television or go to the movies, nor will he eventually read Book-of-the-Month Club selections, because they are ludicrous and dull. As a young man, then, he will effectually be excluded from all of Madison Avenue and Hollywood and most of publishing, because what moves him or what he creates is quite irrelevant to what is going on: it is too fine. His... Paul Goodman
J. K. Rowling quote: "I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a..."
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. J. K. Rowling
Henry James quote: "Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor..."
Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation... Henry James
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you. Ernest Hemingway
Edward Abbey quote: "The best thing about graduating from the university was that I..."
The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book. Edward Abbey
C. S. Lewis quote: "Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten..."
Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. C. S. Lewis
Thomas Carlyle quote: "A good book is the purest essence of a human soul."
A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Thomas Carlyle
Larry McMurtry quote: "I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by..."
I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call Larry McMurtry
Stendhal quote: "A good book is an event in my life."
A good book is an event in my life. Stendhal
Terry Prachett quote: "In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated..."
In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book. Terry Prachett
Christopher Morley quote: "There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we..."
There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book. Christopher Morley
Neil Gaiman quote: "For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented..."
For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that. Neil Gaiman

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