The world of books is the only paradise there is.

Give her books, where other people did all the running around and courting; it was far easier to read about such matters — Sophie Dash, To Wed a Rebel

There is no greater companion like books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

$In three months Ron read more than he had in his entire previous life. He felt his mind widen, his perceptions become more acute, for each book was a prism refracting the infinitely varied truths of e — Edward Bunker, The Animal Factory$

I prefer the skylineof a shelf of books. — Jim Harrison, Braided Creek

We encounter many sacred souls while reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belon — Katarina Bivald, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

A book acts as the getaway car when you need to escape.Even when you're the one writing it. — Julie Wright

Read. Read until your eyes are sore. Then read some more. — Lisa Bloom, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World

Her gaze wavered towards one of the books on the sales counter beside the register, a hardcover copy of Shakespeare’s Ha — Rebecca McNutt, Shadowed Skies: The Third Smog City Novel

Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging mini — Ann Patchett

And reading itself is an amazing activity: You glance at a thin, flat object made from a tree...and the voice of the aut — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

There are few finer or more innocent pleasures than talking books to one who knows. There may be joy in heaven- I am tol — A. Edward Newton, This Book Collecting Game

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