Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
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Unknown
When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.
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Nora Ephron
When you read between the lines, you must have bloody good eyesight because I can't see a bloody thing!
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Anthony T. Hincks
Don't be afraid to be afraid. Have fear, and then conquer the shit out of it.
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D. Antoinette Foy
There are no lungs like the ones that breathe poetry.
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D. Antoinette Foy
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