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“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
― John Berger, Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
― Katherine Mansfield

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer