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One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

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One must always be careful of books,' said Tessa, 'and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.' 'I'm not sure a book has ever cha...more

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She was completely alone in the world. There was no one at all for her. No one in the world who cared whether she lived or died. Sometimes the horror ...more

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Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

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Will grinned. “Some of these books are dangerous,” he said. “It’s wise to be careful.”“One must always be careful of books,” said Tessa, “and what is ...more

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It's alright to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.

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Will: I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.Tessa: Well, they are, aren't they? Isn't there anything...more

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We live and breathe words.

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It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn't completely alone.

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I cannot explain love. I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the ...more

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I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

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Sometimes he wondered if he did these things just to test himself. To see if the feelings had gone. But they had not. When he saw her, he wanted to be...more

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You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness comi...more

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[Kieran]his head propped on a stack of poetry books he’d brought from the library. Almost all of them had been inscribed on the inside cover by a Jame...more

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There were valuable first editions of books in the enormous library, most of them had been scribbled in by some idiot named Will H.