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#1

“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: book-lovers, libraries, reading

#2

“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”
― Anne Herbert

tags: book-lovers, books, money, reading

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#3

“When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.”
― Virginia Woolf

tags: book-lovers, bookworms, heavenly-rewards, judgment, reading

974 likes

#4

“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading

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#5

“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, The Witching Hour

tags: aliteracy, bibliophiles, book-lovers, willful-ignorance, zealotry

820 likes

#6

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: books, illiteracy, literature, pity, reading, words

458 likes

#7

“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
― H.L. Mencken

tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, whiskey

2453 likes

#8

“There is nothing like the smell of books, both new and old. If someone ever bottled the smell, I would be all over it .”
― Tiffany King, Meant to Be

tags: bibliophile, book-lovers

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#9

“[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.”
― Simon Van Booy

tags: bibliophiles, book, book-lovers, books, reading, reading-books

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#10

“All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”
― Eugene Field, The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

tags: bed, bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading

153 likes

#11

“To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.”
― Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved

tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers

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#12

“And anything that might hurt me would just make me stronger in the end.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club

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#13

“2) Members will attend events together as a group, including, but not limited to, Homecoming, Prom, parties, and other couply events, despite possibly being labeled as freaks and getting jealous looks from guys who wish we were their hot dates, but instead have to settle for some lame wannabe.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club

tags: rules

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#14

“It’s the uncertainty of being accepted that creates the drama in our lives.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, Take a Bow

tags: accepted, drama, ethan, uncertainty

57 likes

#15

“I found out the hard way that fairy tales and true love don't exist”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club

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#16

“Noah, if we were to get married, you couldn't date anymore.”
― Julie Garwood, Shadow Dance

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#17

“Tell him I took the cat”
― J.D. Robb, Glory in Death

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#18

“We're standing here, beat to shit, walking away from a crime scene where either or both of us could have bought it, and you're asking me to marry you?"
"Perfect timing.”
― J.D. Robb, Glory in Death

tags: death, eve-dallas, glory, glory-in-death

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#19

“Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male dogs, Roarke showed his teeth.”
― J.D. Robb, Immortal in Death

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#20

“Roarke: "Darling, before we shift into the official mode, what do you have on under that dress?"
Eve: "A device designed to drive men wild."
Roarke: "It's working. I don't believe I've ever seen your butt move quite that way."
Eve: "It's a cop's butt now, ace, so watch it."
Roarke: "I am." He smiled, gave it a nice solid smack. "Believe me.”
― J.D. Robb, Immortal in Death

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#21

“Eve: “Would you jump in front of a maxibus for me?”
Roarke: “Absolutely. They don't go very fast.”
― J.D. Robb, Witness in Death

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#22

“There's an oatmeal cookie in there. I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.”
― J.D. Robb, Divided in Death

tags: eve-dallas, in-death, oatmeal

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#23

“What's your status?" she asked him.

"Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?"

"Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.”
― J.D. Robb, Survivor In Death

tags: eve-dallas, mean-crafty-and-rude, roarke

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#24

“I was having the surreal experience of having myself show myself around my office and bullpen.”
“Oh! My desk. I could’ve sat at my desk. I could’ve sat at your desk.”
“No.”
“It’s a vid set.”
“Even then, no.”
― J.D. Robb, Celebrity in Death

tags: humor

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#25

“Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody?"
"Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see.”
― J.D. Robb, Promises in Death

tags: humor

235 likes

#26

“Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.”
― J.D. Robb, Divided in Death

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#27

“Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept her lips tight together and she curved them up. "You know they've got teeth in there. Big, sharp, shiny teeth."

I didn't. But now I've got to worry about it.”
― J.D. Robb, Salvation in Death

tags: eve-dallas, in-death, peabody, suspense

124 likes

#28

“Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.”
― J.D. Robb

tags: crime, mystery, romance, scifi

120 likes

#29

“I hate patience. Slows everything down.”
― J.D. Robb, Witness in Death

tags: humor

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#30

“Eve, I know this continues to astound and baffle you, but I actually like to socialize."

"I know. If it wasn't for that, you'd be perfect.”
― J.D. Robb, Indulgence in Death

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