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"Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims."
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"Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed."
Sincerity

"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them."
Man

"All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand."
Literature

"In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable."
Thought

"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
Originality

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."
Art

"Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims."
Books

"The only cure for grief is action."
Action

"Science is not addressed to poets."
Science

"Sincerity is moral truth."
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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."
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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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"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."
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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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"Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic."
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Personal Development

"I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad."
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Personal Development

"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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"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."
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"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."
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Personal Development

"There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over."
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