Book Quotes

"To hear the classics as a distant echo…" Italo Calvino in "Why Read the Classics?"

That's a good allegory. As if the past resonates within us.

"A book in your hand can be a real lifeline - when the sea of life is too rough, you cling to stories and let them bring you to safety." (Ein Buch in der Hand kann ein echter Rettungsanker sein - wenn die See des Lebens zu rau ist, klammert man sich an Geschichten und lässt sich von ihnen in Sicherheit bringen.) Jasmin Schreiber in "Marianengraben" [Mariana Trench]

This book deals with death and how we deal with it - or not. The quote is one of the best to show us how books can help us get through the difficult parts of life.

"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle 

Aren't we lucky to live in an age where we don't have that problem?

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