“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.”

To S J Perelman about his book Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1929), as quoted in LIFE (9 February 1962)

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American comedian 1890–1977

S.J. Perelman (1904–1979) American humorist, author, and screenwriter

Groucho Marx on Perelman’s Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1928), quoted in Dorothy Herrmann S. J. Perelman: A Life (1986) p. 61.
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“I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.”

Gao Xingjian book Soul Mountain

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“I thought I knew where I was going, until I heard your laughter flowing
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes”

Jackson Browne (1948) American singer-songwriter

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“I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority.”

John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820–1894) British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician

1 Cababe & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 136.
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“Pick up a book on any subject of your desire, sit down in full discipline, then read quietly. Remember, you are never alone. God is within and is always watching.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine that I might, someday, become smarter.”

Francine Prose (1947) American writer

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“I read Wuthering Heights when I was seven. I stole a copy from the library. We weren’t allowed books in the house because they’re ‘dirty and dusty’. My mum had a shelf of fake leather books which my dad used to hide whisky behind. I used to die of embarrassment every time a visitor tried to pick up a book and realized it was fake.
The library was forbidden so it became exotic and sexy in my imagination. I was dying to get in there and read a book!”

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“If it is permissible to write plays that are not intended to be seen, I should like to see who can prevent me from writing a book no one can read.”

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist

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“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.”

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