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title: "1 Build Community Quotes By Nancy Pearl"
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> [I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/i-have-for-a-long-time-felt-that-our-society-is-becoming-more-and/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

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## More by Nancy Pearl

> [The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/the-role-of-a-librarian-is-to-make-sense-of-the-world-of-information/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/no-one-should-ever-finish-a-book-they-re-not-enjoying-no-matter-how/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“I can relate to the novelist Carrie Brown...who described herself as being 'a promiscuous reader.' I'll give almost any book a chance to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/i-can-relate-to-the-novelist-carrie-brown-who-described-herself-as/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“Girl discovers reading, then discovers life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/girl-discovers-reading-then-discovers-life/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/i-just-said-well-the-real-people-performing-miracles-every-day-are/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [Whenever I begin reading a new book, I am embarking on a new, uncharted journey with an unmarked destination. I never know where a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/whenever-i-begin-reading-a-new-book-i-am-embarking-on-a-new-uncharted/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/reading-has-always-brought-me-pure-joy-i-read-to-encounter-new-worlds/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/if-you-re-50-years-old-or-younger-give-every-book-about-50-pages/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“Book lust forever!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/book-lust-forever/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“Give a book 50 pages. When you get to the bottom of Page 50, ask yourself if you're really liking the book… And if,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/give-a-book-50-pages-when-you-get-to-the-bottom-of-page-50-ask/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“If you still don't like a book after slogging through the first 50 pages, set it aside. If you're more than 50 years old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/if-you-still-don-t-like-a-book-after-slogging-through-the-first-50/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/when-we-want-a-book-exactly-like-the-one-we-just-finished-reading/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [“To read Hotel Angeline is to celebrate how this diverse group of writers (and readers, all of them) can pool their talents and expertise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/to-read-hotel-angeline-is-to-celebrate-how-this-diverse-group-of/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/i-have-for-a-long-time-felt-that-our-society-is-becoming-more-and/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

> [Simply adored Timothy Schaffert's The Coffins of Little Hope: the voice of Essie, the narrator, is terrific & the last line blew me away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearl/simply-adored-timothy-schaffert-s-the-coffins-of-little-hope-the/)

[Nancy Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearl/)

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