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

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“κι όταν δεν πεθαίνει ο ένας για τον άλλον είμαστε κιόλας νεκροί.”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης

“Θυμᾶσαι τὶς νύχτες; Γιὰ νὰ σὲ κάνω νὰ γελάσεις περπατοῦσα πάνω
……στὸ γυαλὶ τῆς λάμπας.
«Πῶς γίνεται αὐτό;» ρώταγες. Μὰ ἦταν τόσο ἁπλὸ
ἀφοῦ μ᾿ ἀγαποῦσες”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Ποιήματα 1958-1964

“Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla?
Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to,
and not feel ashamed of it.”
― John Fante, Ask the Dust