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I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

— Garth Stein

Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something…

— John M. Ford

Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only…

— Anonymous

If you read books forever and ever, they will never replace what really counts - that's practical experience.

— Hal Needham

You would have to be very optimistic to think that any of your books will be among the books that survive in the very…

— James Salter

People keep saying that books will never die out. Well, books may never die out, but hundreds of thousands of individual writers will, and…

— Harlan Ellison

“Printed books are dirt cheap, never run out of power and survive drops, spills and being run over. And their file format will still…

— David Pogue

Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

— Evan Esar

Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline…

— Anonymous

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

— Anonymous

Books have survived television, radio, talking pictures, circulars (early magazines), dailies (early newspapers), Punch and Judy shows, and Shakespeare's plays. They have survived World…

— Vicki Myron