Quotes about books & reading

C. S. Forester

C. S. Forester quote: “When I die there may be a…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “What we become depends on what we…”

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Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding quote: “We are as liable to be corrupted…”

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens quote: “There are books of which the backs…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The true university of these days is…”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster quote: “The only books that influence us are…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Butler quote: “The oldest books are only just out…”

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Anatole France

Anatole France quote: “The books that everybody admires are those…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are…”

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Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert quote: “Read much, but not many books…”

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George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver quote: “Reading about nature is fine, but if…”

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Love quotes

William Faulkner quote: “Perhaps they were right in putting love…”

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Anatole France

Anatole France quote: “Never lend books, for no one ever…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Butler quote: “My main wish is to get my…”

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Poet quotes

William Cowper quote: “Meditation here may think down hours to…”

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Novelist quotes

William Faulkner quote: “It is my aim, and every effort…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “In books lies the soul of the…”

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov quote: “I don’t believe in personal immortality; the…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “Books are the carriers of civilization. Without…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “Books are humanity in print…”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster quote: “At night, when the curtains are drawn…”

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou quote: “As far as I knew white women…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “All that mankind has done, thought or…”

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Carl Jung

Carl Jung quote: “Who has fully realized that history is…”

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Athlete quotes

Julius ‘Dr J’ Erving quote: “There’s the typical books, Moby Dick and…”

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Author quotes

Katherine Mansfield quote: “The pleasure of all reading is doubled…”

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Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry quote: “The Bible is worth all the other…”

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Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh quote: “Life is a wonderful thing to talk…”

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Actor quotes

Kevin Bacon quote: “I’m obsessed with zombies. I like watching…”

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Author quotes

Steig Larsson quote: “I started to write in 2001. I…”

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