Things belong to the people that use them, not to the people who create them.
The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write.
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books.
Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)
A winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose.
Weigh thou therefore their wickedness now in the balance, and theirs also that dwell the world; and so shall thy name no where be found anymore.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draw now nigh unto age.
I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.
Roma tidaklah dibangun dalam waktu sehari. Begitu juga sebuah jalan kereta api. Atau hal-hal lain yang menyenangkan dalam hidup ini. - Charles Ingalls
Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.
It takes more courage to disturb the neighborhood than it takes to disturb the universe. And the price is often higher.
Father is a school ... He always wanted to write books. But he became rich instead, so is not allowed.
And he read all morning, but just to make it interesting, he put lots of dragons in it.
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
The true university of these days is a collection of books.
I've decided I don't like books that end with 'The End'. The fact that there are no more pages, suggests to me that the book has ended.
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