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It’s just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.

The best books… are those that tell you what you know already.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.