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Quote by Washington Irving
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, compan

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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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. – Washington Irving

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother’s love endures through all. – Washington Irving

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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – Washington Irving

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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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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. – G.K. Chesterton

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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But a book is never just a book. – The Old Sage Bookshop in Prescott, Arizona

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What the candystore was to other kids, the bookstore was to me. The library was my vacation. – Terri Guillemets, “Young bookworm,” 1998

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