Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
When I give away a book for free, it gets my name out there. That has lifelong value for me that goes way beyond the few dollars I could maybe charge.
Books are time machines, transporting us out of our own lives into other times and other places.
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book.
I cannot live without books.
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive.
Books are mind reading devices; they allow us free access to the thoughts and dreams of people we have never met.
As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.