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title: "8 Leave Books Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“This is no longer restlessness--it's recklessness. At first we're walking hand in hand. Then we're running hand in hand. That giddy rush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/this-is-no-longer-restlessness-it-s-recklessness-at-first-we-re/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-weir/if-only-they-would-all-just-leave-me-alone-with-my-books-and-my/)

[Alison Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-weir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/alison-weir-13208_book_if-only-they-would-all-just-leave-me-alo_697144.png)

> [I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave my books and garden, even for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wyndam-grenville/i-can-hardly-keep-wondering-at-my-own-folly-in-thinking-it-worthwhile/)

[William Wyndam Grenville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wyndam-grenville/)

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> [Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/parents-should-leave-books-lying-around-marked-forbidden-if-they-want/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [“A fine gentleman like that, they said, had no need of books. Let him leave books, they said, to the palsied or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/a-fine-gentleman-like-that-they-said-had-no-need-of-books-let-him/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [“Unless a writer's capable of solitude, he should leave books alone and go into the theater.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/unless-a-writer-s-capable-of-solitude-he-should-leave-books-alone-and/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/john-steinbeck-71_book_unless-a-writer-s-capable-of-solitude-he_2386774.jpg)

> [We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/we-leave-it-up-to-books-and-movies-to-talk-about-wwii-on-our-behalf/)

[Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/)

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> [I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-simply-believe-that-a-book-has-a-journey-to-make-and-should-not-be/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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