That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before.
A good book is a good book. End of story.
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time.
A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.
There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.
The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
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