Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
Hermann HesseTags: books
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W.H. AudenTags: books writing memory appreciation forget notability quality
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Groucho MarxTags: humor reading books television
Books may well be the only true magic.
Alice HoffmanTags: books
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George CarlinTags: books self-help bookstores
An hour spent reading is one stolen from paradise.
Thomas WhartonBooks to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
Ray BradburyTags: books
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Mark TwainThere is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.
Diane SetterfieldTags: books power-of-words
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