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“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”
― Walt Disney

“I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room.”
― Steven Wright

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
― Garrison Keillor

“When you put four Alaskans into a room, you have five marriages, six divorces, and seven political parties.”
― Dana Stabenow

“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up ’cause they’re looking for ideas.”
― Paula Poundstone

“You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens.”
― Jodi Thomas

“People who weren’t fans of the actress didn’t understand that through much of the sixties, Doris Day played independent women, characters who owned their own businesses, ran households, and often didn’t need a man. The irony was, she usually ended up with a pretty good one: Rock Hudson, James Garner, and Cary Grant, to name a few.”
― Diane Vallere, With Vics You Get Eggroll

“Make it work”
― Tim Gunn

“You live but once; you might as well be amusing.”
― Coco Chanel

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black