A book is the only immortality.

Quote by Rufus Choate

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Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than...

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than...

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a...

It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.