"The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves."

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"The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves."

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"Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever."

"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me."

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"A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns."

"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood."

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