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Ray Bradbury on Books

Ray Bradbury: Fill Yourself Full of Books

If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. — Ray Bradbury If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. — Ray Bradbury #books […]

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With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures, and some books, I live without envy. — Lope De Vega playwright, poet, and novelist

Lope De Vega: On Books and Flowers

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures, and some books, I live without envy. — Lope De Vega playwright, poet, and novelist What makes you happy? Flowers, paintings, sculptures, books, or simply someone special to love? Or all of these? With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures, […]

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Gabrielle Union on Bookstores

Gabrielle Union: On Books and Bookstores

If you see me in a bookstore, you know I am happy. I’m a book sniffer. Ah, the smell of books! — Gabrielle Union, actress Don’t you love the smell of books? I think all authors, all writers, and all readers love the smell of books. I do! If you see me in a bookstore, […]

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A Book Can Be a Star

A Book Can Be a Star, A Living Fire

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. — Madeleine L’Engle, children’s book author Is your book a living fire to lighten the darkness? Does your book lead out into the expanding universe? Is your book a star? If not, why not? A book, […]

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