I love this Christmas wish from Bloomsbury, "Give the gift of a book this Christmas." Click the image to go watch it on YouTube:
Here are some of the great quotes from the video:
“Writing a book is an adventure.” - Winston Churchill
“I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” - J.K. Rowling
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” - Jhumpa Lahiri
“Reading is not walking on the words, its grasping the soul of them.” - Paulo Freire
“To read is to fly. It is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history.” - A.C. Grayling
“The book creates meaning, the meaning creates life.” - Roland Barthes
“Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots.” - Esther Freud
“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.” - Khaled Hasseinei
“To pore upon a book, to seek the light of truth.” - William Shakespeare
“Part of the beauty of fiction is that we come alive in a body that we don’t own.” - Colum McCann
“A word after a word after a word is power.” - Margaret Atwood
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.” - Neil Gaiman
Nice.
Awesome!!! Made my day :-)
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