#books

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books. ↗

— Ann Rule

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And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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I'm obsessed with books. ↗

— David Sylvian

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When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

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Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

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The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

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I always have been and will remain someone who loves real, 3D, substantial books. And I don't believe that it's a wistful, nostalgic interest like vinyl collectors. It's not the same thing. ↗

— Art Spiegelman

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