Yes, one has read; but this is beyond any book.
I always liked dearly to hear what he had to say about either pictures or books; because without pretending to be a connoisseur, he always spoke his thought, and that was sure to be fresh:
I wish I could take credit for my writing, but the credit goes to my mother. She taught me to love reading, and without a love of reading I could not write.
When you buy a book at a reasonable price, you buy a new perspective on life, and such a new perspective is priceless because it can open many doors previously closed to you!
pregnant belly of sunlight, bouncing over an open book
Books can teach you many nice comebacks.
A writer can create a more just world in books by shining a light on that injustice.
Books tend to react with one another, creating randomized magic with a mind of its own.
Books can not teach you how to live life, It comes from experience.
CUSTOMER: Is your poetry section split up into rhyming and non-rhyming sections? BOOKSELLER: No, it’s just in alphabetical order. What kind of poetry are you looking for? CUSTOMER: Rhyming. Preferably iambic pentameter, in poems of no more than ten lines, by a female poet. But, other than that, I don’t mind.
Customer: This book has a couple of tears to some of the pages. Me: Yes, unfortunately some of the older books haven’t had as much love as they should have done from previous owners. Customer: So, will you lower the price? It says here it’s £20. Me: I’m sorry but we take into account the condition of the books when we price them; if that book was in a better condition, it would be worth a lot more than £20. Customer: Well, you can’t have taken this tear here into account *points to page* or this one here *points to another page* because my son did those two minutes ago. Me: So, the book is now more damaged than it was before, because of your son? Customer: Yes. Exactly. So will you lower the price?
Do you have any old copies of Dickens? Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150. Customer: Why is it so expensive if it's that old?
Customer: Forgotten my glasses, could you read the beginning of this book to me to see if I like it?
Mia madre non voleva che i libri cadessero nelle mie mani. Non aveva previsto che io potessi cadere nei libri, che mi infilassi dentro di loro per stare al sicuro.
Give all your time and attention to books and see the magic.
Wapo watu ukitaka kuwaua wambie wasome vitabu. Hata ukiwambia someni kitabu fulani kujikinga na kifo wako tayari kufa kuliko kusoma.
Open the book and read it to renew your mind.
What you read renew your mind.
I am not a Books warm, but I like Books too much.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.