"If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed."

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"A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"The Bible is the one book we've most succeeded in having them never read as a book. Keep it that way."

Geoffrey Wood, American Author

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"A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

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"What five books would I like to be remembered for? Well... Tau Zero, I like that one especially. It was somewhat of a tour de force, and I think it got across what I was trying for."

Poul Anderson, American Writer

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"Standing before the worn books and dusty shelves, she seemed like a ray of light in the windowless room."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Books, Light, Contrast, Hope

"Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

"Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom."

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"What five books would I like to be remembered for? Well... Tau Zero, I like that one especially. It was somewhat of a tour de force, and I think it got across what I was trying for."

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