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 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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