You should read it though there is much that is skip-worthy.
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.
Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A (best-seller) is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.
The central theme of the novel is that they were glad to see each other.
Reading after a certain (time) diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Literature is news that stays news.
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
Laws die books never.
Master books but do not let them master you. Read to live not live to read.
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Any book which is at all important should be re-read immediately.
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening seldom sinful and permanently personal.
A dictionary should be descriptive not prescriptive.
Book lovers never go to bed alone.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new.
First publication is a pure carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.
A good book has no ending.
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book!
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