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“We read to know that we are not alone. – C.S. Lewis
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“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.” – Christopher Paolini
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“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour
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“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” – J.K. Rowling
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“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J.K. Rowling
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“I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.” – Wisława Szymborska
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“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” – Bill Watterson
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“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.” – Mortimer J. Adler
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“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.” – Philip Pullman
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“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” – Oscar Wilde
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“Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read. Reading and writing have always pulled me out of the darkest experiences in my life. Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds.” – Roxane Gay
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“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” – Carl Sagan
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“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” – William Styron
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“You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” – Paul Sweeney
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“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” – Emma Thompson
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“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” – Alan Bennett
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“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.” – William Feather
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“We lose ourselves in books. We find ourselves there too.“ – Anonymous
