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

Picture Quote by William Styron

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

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From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed...

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From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed...

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyâ€™ll wait for you forever; pay...

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Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyâ€™ll wait for you forever; pay...

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of...

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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of...

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

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Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always...

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A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

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You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into...

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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into...

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives...

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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives...

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and...

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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and...

We read to know that we are not alone.

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We read to know that we are not alone.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

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Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.