For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex.

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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.

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

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

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

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

Read books. They are good for us.

Read books. They are good for us.

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...

Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham...

Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

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...

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's...