A book holds a house of gold.

A book holds a house of gold.

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A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

- Andrew Carnegie

keywords: books , librarians , libraries , reading

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

- Francis Bacon

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Books are messengers of freedom. They can be hidden under a mattress or smuggled into slave nations.

Books are messengers of freedom. They can be hidden under a mattress or smuggled into slave nations.

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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Books are like imprisoned souls until someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them

Books are like imprisoned souls until someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them

- Samuel Butler

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Books are like movies of the mind.

Books are like movies of the mind.

- Sue Grafton

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My books are chewing gum for the mind.

My books are chewing gum for the mind.

- Micky Spilane

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The book is the greatest interactive medium of all time. You can underline it, write in the margins, fold down a page, skip ahead. And you can take it anywhere.

The book is the greatest interactive medium of all time. You can underline it, write in the margins, fold down a page, skip ahead. And you can take it anywhere.

- Michael Lynton

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