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“And also for fans and researchers, every book owned by a writer is precious. A notation in the margins or a single turned down corner of a page could be a step forward in their research.”

Book:Dinner at the Night Library

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“German soldiers had destroyed the collection, waging a war on words, ideas, and our need for communication. Books, newspapers, and journals contained our past, the way we saw things, and the way we wished things would be. They carried our longings, our dreams for children, an hour of escape, and an education.”

Literature Books Ideals

Book:Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Source: Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

“Here's hoping we both encounter some wonderful books in the future," Tomo said with a smile.”

Books Book Lovers Books Reading Friendship

Book:Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Source: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas that have lasted thousands of years, or just since the most recent Harry Potter. I hope I am always walled in by the very weight and breadth and clumsy, inefficient, antiquated bulk of them, hope that I spend my last days on this Earth arranging and rearranging them on thrones of good, honest pine, oak, and mahogany, because they just feel good in my hands, because I just like to look at their covers, and dream of the promose of the great stories inside.”

Reading Books

Book:My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

Source: My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

“Sitting down to read a book today is an act of rebellion. A rebellion against Big Algorithm. Against the Short Attention Span illuminati, who if have their way, will make every book a banned book.”

Reading Creativity Books Attention Span Algorithm

Book:The Wanderer: Last Days in Nepal

Source: The Wanderer: Last Days in Nepal

“Long ago, I decided that in the absence of stars, stories would be my guide.”

Stories Reading Books

Book:Owl King

Source: Owl King

“You're not the kind of girl who'd be in a place like this at a time like this. Not the kind of girl who'd sit next to a guy who's the kind of guy who'd be in Bright Lights, Big City II and be so [spaced out/coked up/polypharmaceutically prepositioned/ (Add/delete as appropriate)] that he thinks he's the kind of guy who'd be in a pastiche of Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler. It was pre-assigned seating.”

Humor Books Androids

Book:Your Name Here

Source: Your Name Here

“There is a certain way of intimacy that only girls have with each other. Girls don't just love each other, they eat each other.”

Books Girlhood

Book:The Sharp Edge of Seashells

Source: The Sharp Edge of Seashells

“Going, leaving one place to get to another, always seemed vital and basic to me. For a new man, Fresno was no place to linger. Since I couldn't go in person, by train or car, I went in spirit, by book, and so the Public Library became a kind of depot for me.”

Reading Books Travel Traveling Libraries Public Libraries

Book:Places Where I've Done Time

Source: Places Where I've Done Time

“ter uma vida pela frente é um passarinho que pousa no rosto e depois voa. [...] é preciso cuidar da alegria também.”

Quotes Aline Bei

Book:Uma delicada coleção de ausências

Source: Uma delicada coleção de ausências

“There are books that pull you up, there are books that pull you down, and then there are books about beliefs that draw you into a false dream, into a made-up tale!”

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