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Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.

— Walter Moers The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written, that’s all.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

It symbolizes the three components of power: power, power and power.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

‘A daring enterprise undertaken in a spirit of curiosity or temerity, it is potentially life-threatening, harbours unforeseeable dangers and sometimes proves fatal.’

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

Writing is a desperate attempt to extract some dignity – and a modicum of money – from solitude.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

“Regenschein is dead, my friend. You’re delirious.”
“No one who writes a good book is really dead.”

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

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Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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