Mortimer Adler
Philosopher, Educator
"The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time."
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Julian Barnes
Author
"When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it."
Anne Bronte
Author
"There are great books in this world and great worlds in books."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written."
Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"great books are the ones we need"
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"I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me."
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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
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