"In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced."

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"In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced."

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"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

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"If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul."

Roger McGough, British Poet

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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Reading, Learning, Discovery, Truth

"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally " and often far more " worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to see you cry. Or wonder why you don't cry when you should."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Reading, Books, Friendship, Safety

"The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Reading, Spirit, Humor, Seriousness

"And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to."

Neil LaBute, American Director

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"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Reading, Infinite, Talk, Want, Word

"Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book I had again and again perused with delight."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information."

Information

"It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour."

Success

"In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great."

Crime

"One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate."

Life

"We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset."

Exploration

"We had not seen any natives for many days, but a few passed the camp on the opposite side of the river on the evening of the 25th. They would not, however, come to us; but fled into the interior in great apparent alarm."

Exploration

"On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length."

Exploration

"Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England."

Exploration

"The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool."

Exploration

"Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior."

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