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"I cannot live without books."

-Thomas Jefferson

"I feel happy & secure when I'm in my bed with a good book...

I forget everything which is terrible in our world."

-Francoise Hardy

"Books, like friends, should be few & well chosen.

...We should return to them again & again,

for like true friends, they will never fail us."

-Charles Caleb Colton

"The love of learning,

the sequestered nooks,

and all the sweet serenity of books."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Some books are to be tested,

others to be swallowed,

and some few to be chewed & digested."

-Francis Bacon

"There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them--

the senses, intelligent companions, and books."

-Henry Ward Beecher

"Finishing a good book

is like leaving a good friend."

-William Feather

 "The best books are those that tell you what you already know."

-George Orwell

"Read the best books first,

or you may not have a chance to read them at all."

-Henry David Thoreau

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

-Marcus Tillius Cicero

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I didn't realize until I got here just how many books I had collected.  Many of these were sent by friends & followers, others were gathered over the summer in hopes that they would bring me cheer during the long, dark months here in Alaska.  

Today the sunrise wasn't until 9:01am.  Our high for the day is 37 degrees.  Those long, dark days are here.  So yesterday morning I gathered all my books up for a quick photo shoot.  I cannot tell you the happiness they brought me, sitting together in the sunlight smiling at me.

In addition to these books, and the future joy they hold, I am also excited about reading this week because I was invited by a friend to join her online book club. I have never been in a book club before, and I am very excited about it!

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind."

-James Russell Lowell

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