A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

Quote by Salman Rushdi

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Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more...

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

Study from new books but from old teachers.

Study from new books but from old teachers.

Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration,...

Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration,...

We go to a book as Narcissus went to the fountain, see ourselves therein, and...

We go to a book as Narcissus went to the fountain, see ourselves therein, and...

I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit...

I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit...

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in...

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in...

The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little...

The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old