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Elizabeth von Arnim8
Australian writer 1866–1941Related quotes
“Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.”
Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933) American artist, novelist, short story writer
“And what they don't see,
Is what is killing me.
It's blessing and a curse
That love is blind.”
Garth Brooks (1962) American country music artist
In Another's Eyes.
Song lyrics, Sevens (1997)
“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
Books, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“For all we know
Of what the blessed do above
Is, that they sing, and that they love.”
Edmund Waller (1606–1687) English poet and politician
While I listen to thy Voice; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
"Adrian"
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)
“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”
Jo Walton book Among Others
Source: Among Others