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title: "4 Possession Book Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/something-about-the-possession-of-a-book-an-object-that-can-contain/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

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> [“There he is, bent over the page, with a monocle in his right eye, wholly devoted to the noble but rugged task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/there-he-is-bent-over-the-page-with-a-monocle-in-his-right-eye-wholly/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

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> [“There was something about the possession of a book that was important to me. Owning it gave me proprietary rights on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-bell/there-was-something-about-the-possession-of-a-book-that-was-important/)

[Georgia Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/georgia-bell-88676_book_there-was-something-about-the-possession_3098178.jpg)

> [The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/the-possession-of-a-book-becomes-a-substitute-for-reading-it/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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