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Quote by G.K. Chesterton
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants

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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Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. – G.K. Chesterton

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Inner Child
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G.K. Chesterton
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? – G.K. Chesterton

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Christmas
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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

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Writing
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Book lovers never go to bed alone. – Author unknown

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Books

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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Books

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. – John LeCarre

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Books

Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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Books

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