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Quotes about Books

    “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” ~ Mortimer J. Adler

      “A man is known by the books he reads.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

        “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

          “When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” ~ Maya Angelou

            “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” ~ James Baldwin

              “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ~ Stephen King

                “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                  “My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” ~ Malcolm X

                    “Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book!  A message to us from the dead, – from human souls whom we never saw, who lived perhaps thousands of miles away; and yet these, on those little sheets of paper, speak to us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.”  ~ Charles Kingsley

                      “TV.  If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they’ll have with twenty-six.  Open your child’s imagination.  Open a book.”  ~ Unknown

                        “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”  ~ Charles W. Eliot

                          "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C. S. Lewis

                          “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ~ C. S. Lewis