Quote by Douglas Jerrold
A blessed companion is a book, — a book that, fitly chosen,

A blessed companion is a book, — a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,… a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. – Douglas Jerrold

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Dress it as we may, feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about it, what is war, nine times out of ten, but murder in uniform? – Douglas Jerrold

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Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner

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The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield

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In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. – Stéphane Mallarmé

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A good book has no ending. – R.D. Cumming

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A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner – by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. – Theodore C. Sorensen

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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. – Abraham Maslow

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There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life. – Charles Ives

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