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“Perché c’è un ordine segreto. I libri non puoi metterli a caso. L’altro giorno ho riposto Cervantes accanto a Tolstoj. E ho pensato: se vicino ad Anna Karenina c’è Don Chisciotte, di sicuro quest’ultimo farà di tutto per salvarla.”

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“The library knows that it is a temporary fix. We have a stamp for the inside front cover: BROKEN SPINE NOTED. It is like a bracelet worn by a diabetic. When you return the book with this message stamped inside, we know you're not the one responsible for this horrible thing. It was some other bastard before you. The book has a preexisting condition.”

Books Library Damaged Patrons

Author:Don Borchert

“If you've ever read one of those articles that asks notable people to list their favorite books, you may have been impressed or daunted to see them pick Proust or Thomas Mann or James Joyce. You might even feel sheepish about the fact that you reread Pride and Prejudice or The Lord of the Rings, or The Catcher in the Rye or Gone With the Wind every couple of years with some much pleasure. Perhaps, like me, you're even a little suspicious of their claims, because we all know that the books we've loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly - or the ones we'd most like other people to think we read over and over again.”

Reading Books Lit

Book:The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

Source: The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

“The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly.”

Reading Books

Book:Crime and Punishment

Source: Crime and Punishment

“For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary beings to extraordinary ones. Often they are so appealing and intelligent, you'd rather spend time reading about them than doing anything else.”

Books

Author:Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack

“It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it.”

Books Censorship Hancock

Author:Tony Hancock

“----quick-witted, an open book in her lap; inside her chest pulses something huge, something full of longing, something unafraid.”

Books

Book:All the Light We Cannot See

Source: All the Light We Cannot See

“Books long to be read as we humans long to be loved.”

Love Reading Books

Book:The Housemistress

Source: The Housemistress

“I’ve nothing new or profound to say, nothing that hasn’t been said before, but I know books have helped me, saved me even, so perhaps this can help someone feel less alone, seen, no matter who they are or what journey they are on. Thank you for wanting to read about mine.”

Reading Books Lgbtq Transphobia In The Closest

Book:Pageboy

Source: Pageboy

“I might love my e-reader, but I'd never pass up the chance to browse real books.”

Technology Books

Book:Suddenly Royal

Source: Suddenly Royal

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