If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- Haruki Murakami
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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We make plans and we predict things, but really it's too difficult to think about life outside the bounds of what we've already experienced. Which is exactly what the future is: life beyond what we've already experienced.
Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters
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59 World Book Day Quotes! Book Lover Quotes
World Book Day, celebrated on 23rd April, holds a special place in the hearts of bibliophiles worldwide. Established by UNESCO in 1995, this annual event aims to promote reading, publishing, and copyright awareness. It serves as a reminder of the invaluable role that books and literature play in enriching our lives and shaping our collective consciousness.
While World Book Day may have passed,…
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Fictional men who have the "it's ok to murder but it's never ok to disrespect your wife" energy >>>>
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" I crave you in the most innocent form. I crave to say good night and give you forehead kisses and to say that I adore you when you feel at your worst. I crave you in ways where I just want to be next to you and nothing more or less."
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"go to hell" or "fuck you" is boring and basic. "I hope your favorite book gets turned into a horrible movie or TV show, with a horrendous cast and script" is smart. It's terrifying. It's possible.
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"Never trust a writer who doesn't have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter," said Zelia
-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust
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Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse: Fragments (trans. Richard Howard) [ID in ALT]
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947
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if i was a star and you were a star i would wink at you and blink at you and twinkle at you and the earthlings would call it science.
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