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“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. ”
― Mary Schmich

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