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He fed his spirit with the bread of books. - Edwin Markham

He fed his spirit with the bread of books. – Edwin Markham

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Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. – Edwin Markham

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Harper Lee

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There is reading, and there is reading. Reading as a means to an end, for information, to cultivate oneself; reading as an end in itself, a process, a compulsion. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. – Mark Twain

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Psychopathia librorum…. I surround myself with the printed word. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. – Roh Moo-hyun

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Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation. – Sir John Denham

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It helps to be able to be alone. Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I dont do that. Ask my ex-wife. – Dirk Benedict

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Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. – Robert Bork

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