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Books on their own aren't insanely expensive compared to other things; three large cappuccinos cost more than a paperback, and two and a half gallons of gas cost more than a paperback.

Books on their own aren't insanely expensive compared to other things; three large cappuccinos cost more than a paperback, and two and a half gallons of gas cost more than a paperback.

M. J. Rose

Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.

Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.

Geoffrey Ward

Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you, life where things aren't.

Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you, life where things aren't.

Julian Barnes

Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.

Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

Abraham Lincoln

Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell us we are not alone and fix the pieces of us that can be shattered by reality. They are teachers, and they are friends, and we should never contemplate a world - or a life - without them.

Matt Haig

Books should have a purpose. Books should be practical in some sense.

Books should have a purpose. Books should be practical in some sense.

Jesse Ball

Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

Clive Barker

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

John Denham

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Stephan Jenkins

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