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Books

«The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.»
Author: E. M. Forster (Essayist, Novelist) | About: Books | Keywords: farther
«The megaselling books by celebrities are not so much books as products.»
Author: John Berendt | About: Books | Keywords: celebrities, products
«The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one»
«The newest books are those that never grow old.»
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith (Writer) | About: Books
«The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.»
Author: Samuel Butler | About: Books, Reading | Keywords: oldest
«The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.»
«The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.»
«The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.»
«The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the fully comprehensible is not worth comprehending»
«The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.»