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title: "2 Reading Wish Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-least-funny-once-in-a-while-what/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

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> [As for reading, I wish I had a magic door to a library where I could go in, read for days and days, and come back in the same minute I left. I'm still looking for the door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/as-for-reading-i-wish-i-had-a-magic-door-to-a-library-where-i-could/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/david-mitchell-264_books_as-for-reading-i-wish-i-had-a-magic-door_2316001.jpg)

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