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#1

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: books, reading, truth

7618 likes

#2

“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind

3569 likes

#3

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: inspirational, soul, spiritual-growth

3299 likes

#4

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

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135498 likes

#5

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

151393 likes

#6

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

58026 likes

#7

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

35629 likes

#8

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world

8476 likes

#9

“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
― Walter Cronkite

tags: education, ignorance, intelligence, libraries

3987 likes

#10

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
― Joseph Joubert

tags: books, reading

2356 likes

#11

“Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.”
― Danielle Steel, The Gift

3044 likes

#12

“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

8700 likes

#13

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.”
― Jeanette Winterson

4603 likes

#14

“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”
― Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

1963 likes

#15

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

2209 likes

#16

“Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?”
― Robert Jordan

tags: hidden-riches

1955 likes

#17

“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

tags: books

2753 likes

#18

“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.”
― Philippe Ariès

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#19

“My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.”
― Gene Wolfe

tags: literature

198 likes

#20

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

tags: love

2186 likes

#21

“Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”
― Jean Paul

1413 likes

#22

“Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom.”
― Cat Cora

2071 likes

#23

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: change, education

6278 likes

#24

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
― Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book

tags: friendship, misattributed-a-a-milne

22185 likes

#25

“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.”
― Benjamin Disraeli

tags: love

68 likes

#26

“A library is infinity under a roof.”
― Gail Carson Levine

2977 likes

#27

“There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.”
― Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly

tags: books, re-reading, reading, words

936 likes

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