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and he glanced at the backs of the books, with an awakened curiosity that went below the binding. No... 
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. 
So he lent her books. After all, one of life's best pleasures is reading a book of perfect beauty; m... 
Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those w... 
You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... 
Like a deep sad note
Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. 
If I were in a room full of people, I'd rather be the person who is more interesting than the on... 
The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you... 
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. 
When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages ... 
Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... 
It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; ... 
Last night was truly an amazing night. Anyone who loves tennis is thrilled to see Mac back in action... 
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppres... 
Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who ... 
When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. No... 
If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a ... 
Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there a... 
And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but... 
She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... 
We Are All Infinite 
He had what he called just a small ration of tools:
He was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of his dream too. 
I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape an... 
We die a day at a time 
Cotton Mather's publications in his own lifetime amounted to more than 400 titles, and his magnu... 
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. 
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... 
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... 
[In an atmosphere of liberty, one is as free to not open a book as to open it. Although simple in co... 
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil... 
The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar... 
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k... 
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar... 
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik... 
Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i... 
I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th... 
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le... 
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The... 
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth... 
People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ... 
Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? 
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
I think of my career as something apart from myself. 
You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft... 
All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger... 
The law always limits every power it gives. 
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe... 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ... 
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. 
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to... 
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... 
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my fi... 
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. 
The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. T... 
When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the street... 