· “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” ~ Mortimer J. Adler
· “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ~ Stephen King
· “No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read.” ~ Lemony Snicket
· “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” ~ Mason Cooley
· “The best moments in reading are when you come across something–a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things–which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.” ~ Alan Bennett
· “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” ~ Joyce Carol Oates
· “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
· “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.” ~ Terry Pratchett
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