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“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”
― Colette

“Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception.”
― Amos Oz

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”
― Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence