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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― How Reading Changed My Life
― How Reading Changed My Life
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
Emmerson’s 2025 Year in Books
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239 books
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457 books
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226 books
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362 books
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10 friends
154 books
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