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bluegirl123876
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What is your favorite quotes about reading or books

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What is your favorite quotes about books or reading

Mine is:

A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958
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Post by Fran »

"I have never known any distress that an hours reading did not relieve"

unfortunately I have no idea who to attribute this gem of wisdom to.
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Another one I like:
"Ye who read are still among the living;
But I who write shall have long since gone my way
into the region of shadows" (Edgar Allen Poe)
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Post by lagym888 »

I find this one from my old friends note:

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. :
G.K. Chesterton
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Post by liyulianyanyu »

Fran wrote:"I have never known any distress that an hours reading did not relieve"

unfortunately I have no idea who to attribute this gem of wisdom to.
................

Another one I like:
"Ye who read are still among the living;
But I who write shall have long since gone my way
into the region of shadows" (Edgar Allen Poe)
It sounds good. Which book does it belongs?
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"Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book." -Author Unknown
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Gandhiji has said, what ever knowledge you get is useless until and unless you r not utilizing it. So gain knowledge and utilize it in you day to day life.

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