I clung to books and words because, unlike people, they’d never abandon me.
He loved reading—loved taking a neglected book off the shelf and opening it, smelling its book smell, feeling the smooth pages under his fingers.
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!
How I long to feel the weight of a book in my hand. How I long to turn a page, and pass through the print as you'd pass through a door, into that world of wise and lofty spirits, of strange animals, of noble deeds and faraway cities. If only I could crawl into a book and stay there for the rest of my life.
It is a great pity to read a book too soon in life.
The contents of someone's bookcase are part of their history, like an ancestral portrait.
What we do, before and after we read, is our choice. And that choice is freedom.
Tom lived by the sea. In a small blue house that was from another time. It was squeaky and drafty and held one of my favorite places in the entire world: a big old chair by a front window and a fireplace, from which could be seen a view of the North Sea while one lounged, under a quilt preferably, and read book after book.
Bookstores are wondrous places, are they not?
Wouldn't you like to have comrades?' But she would not like that. She wanted only to rest and to read her old, rain-swollen books, turning the pages carefully, so carefully.
Read much
Read much, surfing less, traveling more, traveling is the only thing which gives us a real experience of the beauty of different cultures of the world.and gives us the sense to understand different peoples societies and their values Don't let social sites control your life, but keep everything under your control especially social sites. This is a real fake world which exists in our real world
As soon as I saw the bookshelves through the store windows, I felt lighter. Just thinking about the smell inside. Paper, compressed nature, and hands making words, a must of knowing and magic. Periods. Commas. Digressions. Analogies. The beauty of everyday thought turned poetry. It was all there, and I was hit with a little sliver of peace in the chaos of my brain.
i hope i sell some books soonest
Books were a reminder that the whole world wasn't a bleak tapestry of violence, and while she might never see anything beautiful again, at least she could read about kinder things. It was easier to breathe between the pages of a book.
The long term health problems that high altitude exposures cause are far more wide ranging than what the current generation of books document.
لطالما كانت الكتب تُشكِّل مدخلًا رائعًا للحديث..
I've been doing this for 50 years now and instead of retiring I'm busier than ever, though perhaps not as fast at getting things done. It's all terrifically interesting and very satisfying.
For the past two years, I had coasted along these waters and each year ended the same. With me returning alone.
Ketika ujian dan derita hidup menjadi cambuk, kau akan berlari melesat bagai kuda mencapai garis finish dari perjuanganmu yang sesungguhnya.
