OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
You mean old books?" "Stories written before space travel but about space travel." "How could there have been stories about space travel… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Where shadows dim with shadows mate, in caverns deep and dark. Where old books dream of bygone days, when they were wood… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
“I will come,' the priest answered, 'for I have read in old books of these strange beings which are neither quick nor… — Francis Marion Crawford Copy Share Image
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Great old books of the great old authors are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
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“Employment in the Small Bookstore" Twelve Poems, 1975 The dust is almost motionless in this narrowness, this stillness, yet how unlike a… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
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Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
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... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life. — Dorothy Gilman Copy Share Image
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Age appears to be best in some things Age appears to be best in some things. Old wood best to burn. Old… — Lorna Grace Copy Share Image
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Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
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