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To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. ↗

— Julian Barnes

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Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

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Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life. ↗

— Charles Scribner, Jr.

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Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is a rite of passage in a reader's life, the literary equivalent of a bar mitzvah or a communion, the moment at which you look at yourself and announce: Today I am an adult. I can make my own decisions. ↗

— Sara Nelson

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

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I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. ↗

— Scott Corbett

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Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

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It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ↗

— S.I. Hayakawa

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I read in self-defense. ↗

— Woody Allen

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