Reading is the single greatest pastime.
We’re told from a young age that we should read, and all the people who told us that were right. Books take you into another life or even another world. And there is nothing more satisfying than finishing a good book.
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is a happy life.” – Mark Twain
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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered human world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” – John Green
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket
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“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” – Oscar Wilde
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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway
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“One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” – Cassandra Clare
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“Books are uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
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“I cannot live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” – Jane Smiley
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” – Louisa May Alcott
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that torments me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” – James Baldwin
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“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen
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“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” – Diane Duane
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“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.” – Dave Eggers
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“The world was hers for the reading.” – Betty Smith
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“She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” – Annie Dillard
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“I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.” – Jo Walton
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“Why can’t people just sit and read and be nice to each other?” – David Baldacci
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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 love that each book – any book – is its own journey.” – Sharon Creech
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“It’s a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place.” – Cornelia Funke
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“So many books, so little time.” – Frank Zappa
Go forth and read!
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