The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Mark Twain

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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen

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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

Oscar Wilde

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Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.

Anne Rice

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School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

Ambeth R. Ocampo

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I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read.

Nicole Peeler

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May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

Libba Bray

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She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.

Hilda van Stockum

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Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.

Mark Twain

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Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise

Mark Twain

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