"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."

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"Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

Stephen King, American Author

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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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"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

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"Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

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"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important."

Brian P. Cleary, American Author

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"Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid."

"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

"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."

"Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic."

"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."

"Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are."

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"Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world."

"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."

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"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."