When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve o… - Christopher Morley

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When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 - 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Alternative Names: Christopher Darlington Morley

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When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue — you sell him a whole new life.

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