“I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“Suddenly, books are arriving every day! "So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa Reader
― Frank Zappa Reader
“One thing people sometimes forget about Fahrenheit 451 is that the government doesn't begin by burning books—it's ordinary people who turn away from reading and the habits of thought and reflection it encourages. When the government starts actively censoring information, most people don't even bat an eye. How important is reading to the health of a democracy like ours?”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“My grandmother warned that too much reading would ruin my eyesight, but I couldn’t hear her over the chatter of characters.”
― Ella Enchanted
― Ella Enchanted
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