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“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use reading it at all.” Oscar Wilde, “Intentions” - 1891

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often returned with two.” Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” - 1862

“'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.” Mark Twain, “Following the Equator” - 1897

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it” Henry Miller, “Tropic of Cancer” - 1934

“I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.” Jane Austen, “Northanger Abbey” - 1817

“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” - 2003

“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.” Charles Dickens, “Our Mutual Friend” - 1865

“to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.” Terry Pratchett, “Guards! Guards!” - 1989

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