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"There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled STACKS. That was what I wanted. Stacks of books. Great heaps of books. Shelf after endless shelf of books."
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"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."
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"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."
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"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."
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"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."
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"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."
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"Isn't it true that a well-read book seems more alive to you, Ms Rainn?"
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"Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try."
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"I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair."
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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."
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"There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled STACKS. That was what I wanted. Stacks of books. Great heaps of books. Shelf after endless shelf of books."
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"Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry."
Humor
"Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous"."
Power
"You, I said, "are sweet music in a distant room."
Love
"You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while."
Love
"It exhasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to her desire."
Acceptance
"If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it."
Writing
"His voice is like a thunderstorm, and his hands know every secret hidden deep beneath the cool, dark earth."
Expression
"I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and adamant together mixed. Don't think I am unaware, some startled deer to stand transfixed by hunter's horns. It's she who should take care, for when she strikes, my heart will make a sound so beautiful and bright that it can't help but bring her back to me in winged light."
Romance
"Sharing silence between us. Sometimes is all you can share."
Communication
"I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself."
Solitude
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