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Daniel Pennac Quotes: I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.
         

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.


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Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.



All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.



L’architecture est art de suggestion.

L’architecture est art de suggestion.



A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.

A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.



The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.



I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.



You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream.

You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream.



By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.

By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.



The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a question of need.

The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a question of need.



I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.

I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.





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