Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had no plan, cause if they could read, they just read Ayn Rand.
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PACKER She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you o... KAMAND KOJOURI The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. MARK TWAIN The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. MARK TWAIN People who joined the protest against censorship, believed that no one had the right to say what the... INGRAM BONDIN I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppres... ROBERTSON DAVIES Some people read books for fun. RICHELLE MEAD I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b... JESSYE NORMAN If your best friends do not read books, they reads you. ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd no... DAVID THEWLIS The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she l... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J.R.R. TOLKIEN If you spare some space for a new book, also spare some time to read it. AMIT KALANTRI What occurs to people when they read Kurt [Vonnegut] is that things are much more up for grabs than ... MARK VONNEGUT For peace read books, for success read books and take actions. AMIT KALANTRI At my first library job, I worked with a woman named Sheila Brownstein, who was The Reader's Adv... ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know ... 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