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  • #1
    Louisa May Alcott
    “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

  • #2
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

  • #3
    J.M. Barrie
    “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
    J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

  • #4
    Frederick Douglass
    “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
    Frederick Douglass

  • #5
    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

  • #6
    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    Allen Saunders

  • #7
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #8
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

  • #9
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #10
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    Mae West

  • #11
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #13
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #14
    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #15
    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #16
    George R.R. Martin
    “Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”
    George R.R. Martin

  • #17
    Michelle   Cooper
    “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' I said, sighing.
    'Is it?' said Veronica, looking surprised. 'Universally acknowledged? Surely that presupposes life similar to human societies beyond this planet, and besides--'
    'No, no, it's a quote from ... Never mind,' I said.”
    Michelle Cooper, The FitzOsbornes in Exile

  • #18
    Michelle   Cooper
    “Simon called you 'Machiavelli disguised as a debutante.'" "Gosh," I said, not sure whether to feel flattered or insulted.”
    Michelle Cooper, The FitzOsbornes in Exile

  • #19
    Michael Chabon
    “With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.”
    Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

  • #20
    Michael Chabon
    “We have the idea that our hearts, once broken, scar over with an indestructible tissue that prevents their ever breaking again in quite the same place...”
    Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

  • #21
    “It was the eyes. The secret of love was in the eyes. The way one person looked at another, the way eyes communicated and spoke when the lips never moved.”
    V.C. Andrews

  • #22
    “The creative genius begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the impossible, and later making it come true.”
    V.C. Andrews

  • #23
    Nicole Krauss
    “Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it's something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about.”
    Nicole Krauss

  • #24
    David  Mitchell
    “A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
    David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

  • #25
    David  Mitchell
    “We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.”
    David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

  • #26
    David  Mitchell
    “...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.”
    David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

  • #27
    Victor Hugo
    “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
    Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

  • #28
    Victor Hugo
    “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.”
    Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

  • #29
    Victor Hugo
    “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
    Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

  • #30
    Victor Hugo
    “If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.”
    Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

  • #31
    Victor Hugo
    “He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.”
    Victor Hugo, Les Misérables



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