Book Quotes of the Week

"Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own." Julian Barnes

"The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life." Bruno Bettelheim

"The most technologically efficient machine that man ever invented is the book." Northop Frye

"Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you." Louis L'Amour

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life." Fernando Pessoa

"Reading is not a hobby ... it's a lifestyle!" Dayana Razo

"The road to knowledge begins with the turn of a page." N.N.

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