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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.”
― Joanne Harris

“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
― J.K. Rowling

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forest House

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
― Gustav Flaubert

“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai

“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
― Astrid Lindgren