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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

"It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing." John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven

The miracle of literature is that it can get you to understand, even a tiny bit, what it is like to be another human being.

A good book makes you want to change your life. A great book makes you feel ok about yourself.

Communists tried to dumb down people by banning books. Capitalism, however, lets you buy them so that you put off reading them forever.

You read a good book, but a great book reads you.

If you read for the purpose of education and not pleasure you'll end up with neither.

A bad book is one you never finish reading. This is also what makes a great book.

Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.

Finishing a good book feels like losing a friend. Finishing a great book feels like gaining one for life.