Friday, April 12, 2013

Bookish

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Writers on Reading


“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”—Jane Austen (1775-1817)

 “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”—Mark Twain (1835-1910)
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”—Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” —Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, The library, and step on it.—David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

• Editorial Comment: These people are superheroes.


Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from childen’s book author Arnold Lobel, on his piles of books? Click here.


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