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Christopher Morley was an American journalist and writer, born on May 5, 1890, in Pennsylvania, and died on March 28, 1957. Known for his humorous and witty writing style, Morley is considered an important figure in American literature of the 20th century.

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“When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.”

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Book:Parnassus On Wheels

Source: Parnassus On Wheels

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”

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“You know at once, if you are clairvoyant in these matters (libre-voyant, one might say), when you have met your book. You may dally and evade, you may go on about your affairs, but the paragraph of prose your eye fell upon, or the snatch of verses, or perhaps only the spirit and flavour of the volume, more divined than reasonably noted, will follow you.”

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Book:The Haunted Bookshop

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.”

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Book:The Haunted Bookshop

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.”

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

“When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”

“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.”

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Author:Christopher Morley

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”

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Book:The Haunted Bookshop

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

About the Author

Born: May 5, 1890
Died: March 28, 1957
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 128

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