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1 " I've developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books. "
― Marilynne Robinson , Gilead
2 " Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity... We cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance. "
― A. Edward Newton , The Amenities of Book Collecting And Kindred Affections
3 " The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity... "
― A. Edward Newton
4 " Who was it who said, " I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?" Whoever it was, I agree with him. "
5 " I bet if you look at the average teenager and the average adult, the average teenager has read more books in the last year than the average adult. Now of course the adult would be all like, 'I'm busy, I got a job, I got stuff to do.' WHATEVER! READ! I mean, you're watching CSI: Miami. Why would you be watching CSI: Miami, when you could be READING CSI: Miami, the novelization? "
― John Green
6 " My eyes hunger to read more books then time allows me to devour. "
― Jazz Feylynn
7 " When the mind stops searching, when it stops wanting refuge, when it no longer goes in search of security, when it no longer craves more books and information, when it ignores even the memory of desire, only then will Love arrive within. "
― Samael Aun Weor
8 " What we need is more books to read. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita , Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1)
9 " Darling, in this family we don't call anyone a novelist who has not written more books than Jane Austen. "
10 " I Respect A Man Who Reads More Books Than I Do In A Day. "
― Godfrey Orateng
11 " I feels sorrier for him than anybody I knows. I expect he done read more books than any white man in this town. He done read more books and he done worried about more things. He full of books and worrying. He done lost God and turned his back on religion. His troubles come down just to that. "
― Carson McCullers , The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
12 " I love to have more books since it keeps me busy reading. "
13 " Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people. "
― Justin Cronin , The Passage (The Passage, #1)
14 " The to-read pile is more than just a physical stack of books: it's a tower of ambitions failed, hopes unrealised, good intentions unfulfilled. Worse still, it's a cold hard reminder of mortality. Already, I have intentions to read more books than I can hope to manage in a normal lifetime. How will this pile of books taunt me when I'm 64? "
― Sam Jordison
15 " Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world. "