“A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably.”
Kamala Surayya (1934–2009) Indian author
Kamala Suraiyya Das (Wages of Love)
“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”
An Apology for Idlers.
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1881)
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“The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.”
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