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“Reading too many books makes you believe in magic”
― Anon.

“Five years ago was before Walkman earphones. They can’t imagine that.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

“A book that sits on a shelf is nothing but a bundle of paper. Unless it is opened, a book possessing great power or an epic story is mere scraps of paper. But a book that has been cherished and loved, filled with human thoughts, has been endowed with a soul.”
― Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

“It’s not food. It’s an industrially produced edible substance.”
― Chris van Tulleken, Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop?

“In the happiest times of my life, I have reached for my books. In the saddest times of my life, my books have reached back.”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books