“Do you read much, George?” Albert asked. “No,” George replied. “You should, you should. Reading is one of the great pleasures of life—maybe the greatest.” “You must never have had a Cuban cigar.” Albert Ellingham laughed. “It’s true. All the money, all the power—none of it compares to a good book. A book gives you everything. It gives you a window into other souls, other worlds. The world is a door. Books are the key.”
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“Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice.”
“I will let you build me a home if you promise me a library.”
“Each Reading is another form of Time Travel or Experiencing the Multiverse.”
“There is knowledge in books that you will not find on the internet.”