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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. ↗

— Jane Austen

#library #reading #read

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#literature #philosphy #poetry #reading #read

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#reading #read

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic? ↗

— Sam Harris

#honesty #reason #religion #spirituality #religion

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. ↗

— John Wooden

#books #keep #new #new books #old

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#live

[D]on't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read... ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#libraries #library #reading #read

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#e-readers #kindle #reading #read

Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#light #reading #read

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#identity #individuality #read