There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

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A book is a gift you can open again and again.

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.

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If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

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Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

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I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

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