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"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"The multitude of books is making us ignorant."
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"The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them."
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"I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years."
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"I had forgotten what fiction was to me as a boy, forgotten what it was like in the library: fiction was an escape from the intolerable, a doorway into impossibly hospitable worlds where things had rules and could be understood; stories had been a way of learning about life without experiencing it, or perhaps of experiencing it as an eighteenth-century poisoner dealt with poisons, taking them in tiny doses, such that the poisoner could cope with ingesting things that would kill someone who was not inured to them. Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it."
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"If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher."
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"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil."
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"Isn't it true that a well-read book seems more alive to you, Ms Rainn?"
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"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."
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"A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health."
Health
"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching."
Family
"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?"
Politics
"The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul."
Power
"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."
Language
"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."
Death
"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."
Books
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