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

Quote by Werner Lansburgh

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The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

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

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

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me...

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

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...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

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...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

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...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...