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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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Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"There is no other enjoyment like reading."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."

James Madison, American President

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Anne Bronte, British Novelist

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"Explorers have to be ready to die lost."

Russell Hoban, American Novelist

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"The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."

Elizabeth Hardwick, American Critic

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"Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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Stephen King, American Author

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