~ A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.
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~ A dirty book is rarely dusty. ~
~ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ~
~ A good book has no ending. ~
~ Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~
~ Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. ~
~ Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. ~
~ I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book. ~
~ There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. ~
~ My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~
~ A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. ~
~ A book is to me like a hat or coat - a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. ~