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In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. Mortimer Adler

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written — it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is …

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. Clifton Fadiman

Todos os bons livros assemelham-se no facto de serem mais verdadeiros do que se tivessem acontecido realmente, e que, terminada a leitura de um deles, sentimos que tudo aquilo nos aconteceu mesmo, que agora nos pertencem o bem e o mal, o êxtase, o remorso e a mágoa, as pessoas …

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practised at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, …