„That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.“

— Louisa May Alcott

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„Writing a book for the Follies seems to be about as profitable an occupation as furnishing flannel petticoats for the showgirls. p. 151“
— Dorothy Parker
„Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.“
— Ronald Reagan
„Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.“
— Louis Sachar
„Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.“
— Fulton J. Sheen
„I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.“
— Haruki Murakami
„With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.“
— Haruki Murakami