Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic was full of old, old books . . . In the summers we would go to North Dakota to visit her, and I would get…

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For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks,...

For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks,...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...

Getting even is one reason for writing.

Getting even is one reason for writing.

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether...

There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...

Beware the man of one book.

Beware the man of one book.

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.