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#1

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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#2

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

tags: books

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#3

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: libraries, reading

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#4

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: books, inspirational, library

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#5

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

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#6

“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.”
― Joan Bauer, Rules of the Road

tags: books, library

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#7

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

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

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#9

“Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: books, inspirational, reading

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#10

“There were others, such as Jack London,who offered their readers such a respite from the miserable horror of existence that their books were like gifts from the gods. (Character of Tristan Sadler in "the Absolutist")”
― John Boyne, The Absolutist

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#11

“Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word.”
― Louise Penny

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#13

“Every book you read may not save your life but some of them will.”
― Adam Stanley

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#14

“The Four Agreements
1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don’t take anything personally.
3. Don’t make assumptions.
4. Always do your best. ”
― don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

tags: advice

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#15

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: life-lessons

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#16

“I thought again what an achievement a book is, a magic box simultaneously holding the presence of the author and the wonders of the world.”
― Ivan Doig, Sweet Thunder

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#17

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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#18

“Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.”
― Harley King

tags: butterfly, gifts, story

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#19

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

tags: beauty, life

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#20

“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

tags: hope, inspirational, life, philosophy

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#21

“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
― Markus Zusak

tags: book

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#22

“It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#23

“I'm not the messenger at all.
I'm the message. ”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#24

“I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#25

“I think she ate a salad and some soup.
And loneliness.
She ate that, too. ”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#26

“My arms are killing me.
I didn't know words could be so heavy.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

tags: books, reading

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#27

“Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#28

“If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#29

“Of course you're real-like any thought or any story. It's real when you're in it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#30

“We both laugh and run and the moment is so thick around me that i feel like dropping into it to let it carry me.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#31

“I watch the beauty for as long as I can, then turn and face the rest of it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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#32

“If I ever leave this place-
I'll make sure I'm better HERE first.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

tags: self-awareness

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