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I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
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Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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“Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one.” — Robert Byrne Copy Share Image
If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the… — Justin Winsor Copy Share Image
Amplitude is a powerful quality in fiction. It results in involvement, in sympathy with the characters. After a while, a reader can't… — James Salter Copy Share Image
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The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
I remember going over proofs of this book - my first book - back in 2001, in a bar in Toronto called… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
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