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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Books - Reading
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"In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out."

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"When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it."

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"The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it."

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"I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs."

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