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"When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes"
— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter
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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books, soul
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
9,773 people liked it

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
11,381 people liked it

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: wisdom
9,635 people liked it

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

tags: humor, life
9,279 people liked it

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
6,852 people liked it

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: friendship
7,821 people liked it

"Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Robert Maynard Hutchins

tags: exercise, humor, laziness
6,064 people liked it

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

tags: books, classic, humor
5,728 people liked it

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
4,900 people liked it

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library."
— Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library
3,281 people liked it

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
— Mark Twain

tags: books, health, humor, misprints
2,482 people liked it

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
1,754 people liked it

"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books
1,393 people liked it

"You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up."
— Pat Conroy (The Prince of Tides)

tags: books, reading
794 people liked it

"A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar."
— Carolyn G. Heilbrun

tags: books, humor
552 people liked it

"My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: books
359 people liked it

"If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!"
— John Waters

tags: books, fuck, profanity, reading
362 people liked it

"Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book."
— Jane Smiley (13 Ways of Looking at the Novel)

tags: books, reading
221 people liked it

"book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. it is not a hobby. those who do it must do it. those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind."
— Jeanette Winterson

tags: books, obsession
278 people liked it

"Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy."
— Charlaine Harris

tags: books, vacation
365 people liked it

"For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die."
— Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)

tags: books, reading
196 people liked it

"Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures."
— Jessamyn West

tags: books, fiction, reality, truth
223 people liked it

"It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book."
— Maureen Corrigan (Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books)

tags: books, people, reading
152 people liked it

"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section? " She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
— George Carlin

tags: books, bookstores, self-help
148 people liked it

"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

tags: books, good, impressions
112 people liked it

"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: books, christmas, socks
160 people liked it

"I am simply a "book drunkard." Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them."
— L.M. Montgomery (The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery : Volume I: 1889-1910)

tags: books
118 people liked it

"Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes"
— Daniel Pennac

tags: books, reading, rights
104 people liked it

"Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end."
— Pseudonymous Bosch (The Name of this Book is Secret)

tags: books
79 people liked it

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
— Anne Herbert

tags: books, money, reading
87 people liked it

"He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot."
— Arabic proverb

tags: books, borrowing, lending
141 people liked it

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
4,023 people liked it

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: choices
3,136 people liked it

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: dreams, life
2,207 people liked it

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

tags: mischief
1,013 people liked it

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: failure, harvard-commencement-speech
805 people liked it

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