People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917
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We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. – Logan Pearsall Smith
What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind. – G.E. Woodberry
India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country. – Pratibha Patil
