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title: "1 Open Books Quotes By David McCord"
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> [“Books Fall Open Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where, you've never been. Hear voices not once heard before, Reach world through world, through door on door. Find unexpected keys to things, locked up beyond imaginings…. True books will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/books-fall-open-books-fall-open-you-fall-in-delighted-where-you-ve/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

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## More by David McCord

> [“Books Fall Open Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where, you've never been. Hear voices not once heard before, Reach world through world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/books-fall-open-books-fall-open-you-fall-in-delighted-where-you-ve/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/a-handful-of-sand-is-an-anthology-of-the-universe/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/life-is-a-garment-we-continuously-alter-but-which-never-seems-to-fit/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/the-decent-docent-doesn-t-doze-he-teaches-standing-on-his-toes-his/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [March is outside the door Flaming some old desire As man turns uneasily from his fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/march-is-outside-the-door-flaming-some-old-desire-as-man-turns/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/books-fall-open-you-fall-in-delighted-where-you-ve-never-been/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/but-man-must-light-for-man-the-fires-no-other-can-and-find-in-his-own/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/the-cricket-s-gone-we-only-hear-machines-in-erg-and-atom-they-exact/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/metaphorically-these-essays-move-as-a-quiet-but-observant-coast-guard/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/your-life-will-be-rich-for-others-only-as-it-is-rich-for-you/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been; hear voices not once heard before, reach world on world through door on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/books-fall-open-you-fall-in-delighted-where-you-ve-never-been-hear/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [“Books fall open, you fall in”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/books-fall-open-you-fall-in/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/a-pedestrian-is-a-man-in-danger-of-his-life-a-walker-is-a-man-in/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

> [The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccord/the-high-ceilinged-rooms-the-little-balconies-alcoves-nooks-and/)

[David McCord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccord/)

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