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Books that keep you up at night and tired at work's Posts, October 2008

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Quotes of the night

Posted by Sheila, 5 years ago

"For books are more than books. They are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives." Amy Lowell

"Books are the carriers of civilization…They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print." Barbara W. Tuchman

"It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful."
Vincent van Gogh

"A circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Quotes of the night

Posted by Sheila, 5 years ago

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler

"The public library is the most dangerous place in town." John Ciardi

"Books may well be the only true magic." Alice Hoffman

"Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself. What better book can there be than the book of humanity?" Mohandas K. Gandhi
"Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny.
In this war, we know, books are weapons." Message to the American Booksellers Association - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us."
Franz Kafka
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Books that keep you up at night and tired at work

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These are books that exceeded expectation, that keep you reading on your work breaks, up late at night past 3 am, tired at work but yet you still can't wait to finish it and nothing else matters except finding out the ending.

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