#great book

A great book is like great evil. ↗

— Callimachus

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I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

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It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? ↗

— Neil Jordan

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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. ↗

— William Styron

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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

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