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Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.

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There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There's interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall into and pull up over your head.

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If you love books enough, books will love you back.

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There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.

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I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I can still sink right into it. I know no other book that is so much like going on a journey. When I put it down to this, I feel as if I am also waiting with Pippin for the echoes of that stone down the well.

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I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

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You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

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Born: December 1, 1964 (age 60)
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