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...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...
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Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time. |
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"The library . . . was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, an imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treasure of secrets . . ."
from The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco |
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“I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore |
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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee |
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“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”
The quote is from Inkheart (Cornelia Funke). |
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Books, they offer one hope - that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, & falling into that new universe, one is saved. ~ Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm |
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“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” From The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. |
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“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”
― Neil Gaiman
take note!!! |
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“Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?” ― Neil Gaiman |
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Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood. |
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"I have always imagined paradise will be some kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges |
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"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition." - Henry Miller
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"I read a book one day and my whole life was changed." - Orhan Pamuk |
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"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King |
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"My library is an archive of longings." - Susan Sontag |
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"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet." - Jhumpa Lahiri |
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"If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'." - Lemony Snicket |
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“There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.”- Jo Walton |
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“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.” - Jo Walton |
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“Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.” - Jo Walton |
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Post time 12-3-2019 04:51 PM
