A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Quote by Augustine Birrell

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Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...