#books

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. ↗

— George William Curtis

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Actually, the books were never a planned career path. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

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Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

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I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch. ↗

— Jackie Collins

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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them. ↗

— Jackie Collins

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And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food. ↗

— Joan Collins

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Well I've written four beauty books as well. ↗

— Joan Collins

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Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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