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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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