Christopher Morley - Real Quotes

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When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue — you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night — there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.

Christopher Morley

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Christopher Morley

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Christopher Morley