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“I could hardly wait for following chapters, which arrived in dribs and drabs, and I began to feel for all the world like the young T.B. Macaulay walking from London to meet the Cambridge coach bearing the next installment of Waverley novels.”

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“In Africa, when you pick up a book worth reading, out of the deadly consignments which good ships are being made to carry out all the way from Europe, you read it as an author would like his book to be read, praying to God that he may have it in him to go on as beautifully as he has begun. Your mind runs, transported, upon a fresh deep green track.”

Reading Books Africa

Book:Out of Africa

Source: Out of Africa

“Look,' he says, 'have you ever looked forward to reading a book so much you can't actually start it?' 'Oh totally. All the time - if I had a grain of self-restraint I never would've been able to read the last Harry Potter book. The anticipation was painful. You know like what if it does live up to the last ones? What if it's not what I hope it'll be?”

Reading Books Anticipation Harry Potter Expectation

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“No book is dangerous in and of itself, you know. But historically, reading a book in the wrong way has led to terrible consequences.”

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Book:Meddling Kids

Source: Meddling Kids

“After all, a town without a bookshop was a town without a heart.”

Books Bookshops

Book:How to Find Love in a Bookshop

Source: How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“Great readers (are) those who know early that there is never going to be time to read all there is to read, but do their darnedest anyway.”

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Book:Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyond

Source: Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyond

“Much later, Alice would wonder what might have happened if she had gone to bed when she was supposed to.”

Books Gothic Spooky

Book:The Forbidden Library

Source: The Forbidden Library

“Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.”

Books Happy Bookstores Libraries Bookshelves

Book:Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir

Source: Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir

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