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"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads."

Shaw, George Bernard on censorship
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"Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on books - reading
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"Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends."

Adams, Dawn on books - reading
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"Books in a large university library system: 2, 000,000. Books in an average large city library: 1 0,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30, 000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20, 000."

Horowitz, Lois on books - reading    Share

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on books - reading
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"Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time."

Ruskin, John on books - reading
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"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."

Addison, Joseph on books - reading
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