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The novel
can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor.
A guy who's had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives
his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over.
Finished.
-- Louis-Ferdinand Celine
1894-1961, French Author
Books are
standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and
always disinterested; having this advantage over oral
instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as
often as we please.
-- Oswald Chambers
1874-1917 Scottish Preacher,
Author
A good book,
in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in
that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense,
a useful and instructive one.
-- Oswald Chambers
1874-1917 Scottish Preacher,
Author
Books are the
blessed chloroform of the mind.
-- Robert Chambers
1802-1871, Scottish
Publisher, Writer
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Most
books today seemed to have been written overnight
from books read the day before.
-- Sebastien-Roch
Nicolas De Chamfort
1741-1794, French
Writer, Journalist, Playwright
A good
title is the title of a successful book.
-- Raymond Chandler
1888-1959, American
Author
At
least half the mystery novels published violate the
law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to
be inevitable.
-- Raymond Chandler
1888-1959, American
Author
It is
chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with
superior minds, and these invaluable means of
communication are in the reach of all. In the best
books, great men talk to us, give us their most
precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
-- William Ellery
Channing
1780-1842, American
Unitarian Minister, Author
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