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“And yet, what are the true joys of life? By what does a man in all sincerity measure his standard of living? For myself, I would say that the good life is a small house, a cottage, and in that cottage a hearth that will burn wood, and a lamp or two and a shelf of books.”

Book:A Countryman’s Autumn Notebook

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A Countryman’s Autumn Notebook

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Adrian Bell

Adrian Bell, born in 1901 in the United Kingdom, was an outstanding journalist. His career began in the 1920s, during which he reported on several major news events, known for his keen observation and profound insight. more

“Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually read them. Of course this happens when a classic text 'works' as a classic, that is when it establishes a personal relationship with the reader. If there is no spark, the exercise is pointess: it is no use reading classics out of a sense of duty or respect, we should only read them for love.”

Love Reading Classics

Book:Why Read the Classics?

Source: Why Read the Classics?

“Most of the youths of the world are not reading. And that’s a pandemic.”

Reading Reading Books Pandemic

Author:Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“Because it didn’t matter how many manuscripts you read, there was still a thrill when one of them turned all the lights on, even if only for a moment.”

Reading

Book:No Two Persons

Source: No Two Persons

“You been here all night?” Leo asked. “Yep,” she said, although night was a foreign concept. It was midday in the book; the sun hot in the field where the boy was working. He was a teenager now, hormones pushing through him like corn toward the sky.”