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For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
A Room of One's Own
I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction?
The Hour of the Star
All good books have one thing in common: they are truer than if they had really happened.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.
My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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