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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.” 
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“So many books, so little time.” 
― Frank Zappa

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” 

― Stephen King

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” 
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” 

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.” 
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” 
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” 
― Mark Twain

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” 

― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.” 
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” 

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice