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I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my n

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things. – George Robert Gissing

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Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world. – Walter Pater

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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving

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A dirty book is rarely dusty. – Author unknown

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I believe that a child going without an education is a crime. – Kamala Harris

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