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“(in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazon’s Kindle?)
Those aren’t books. You can’t hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. A computer does not smell. There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.”
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Those aren’t books. You can’t hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. A computer does not smell. There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.”
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“That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.”
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“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.”
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“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
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Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Heather’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Horror, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Suspense, and Thriller
Polls voted on by Heather
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