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title: "5 Gift Book Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“I used to say that the greatest gift you could ever give anyone is a book. But I don't say that anymore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/i-used-to-say-that-the-greatest-gift-you-could-ever-give-anyone-is-a/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/will-schwalbe-3101_books_i-used-to-say-that-the-greatest-gift-you_1500729.png)

> [This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/this-must-be-a-gift-book-that-is-to-say-a-book-which-you-wouldn-t/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/dorothy-parker-700_book_this-must-be-a-gift-book-that-is-to-say_2558561.jpg)

> [Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/books-are-my-very-favorite-gift-to-give-if-you-give-a-book-to-someone/)

[Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/jeannette-walls-1378_book_books-are-my-very-favorite-gift-to-give_2798648.png)

> [It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-easterbrook/it-was-actually-a-very-nice-little-book-done-by-a-gift-book-company/)

[Gregg Easterbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-easterbrook/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/gregg-easterbrook-16327_actually_it-was-actually-a-very-nice-little-book_2963759.jpg)

> [“Give the Good Gift, Give a Book.~”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginny-karoub/give-the-good-gift-give-a-book/)

[Ginny Karoub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginny-karoub/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/ginny-karoub-240073_book_give-the-good-gift-give-a-book-3037073_3037073.jpg)

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