"It was the books
that made me feel
that perhaps I wasn't
completely alone..."

-William Herondak

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"Reading
gives us someplace to go
when we have to stay
where we are."

- Mason Cooley

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"If you don't see
the book you want
on the shelf,
write it!"

- Beverly Cleary

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"You know
you've read
a good book
when you turn the last page
and feel a little
as if you have lost
a friend."

- Paul Sweeney

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"A room without books
is like a body without a soul."

- Cicero

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"Reading forces you
to be quiet
in a world that
no longer
makes place for that."

- John Green

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"A 'digital book'
can't be infused
with smells,
can't press flowers in -
between its pages.
It can't contain
split tears or coffee stains.
No, only a real book
can do those things."

- J. G.