“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
by J.D. Salinger
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
by Jane Austen
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
by Madeleine L'Engle
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