Sayings and their Meanings: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

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Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. – Author Unknown 9 There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all. – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 12 Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”– Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me If you stop to think about it, you’ll have to admit that all the stories in the world consist essentially of twenty-six letters. The letters are always the same, only the arrangement varies. From letters words are formed, from words sentences, from sentences chapters, and from chapters stories.”– Michael Ende in The Neverending Story

Books are tools for change. They’ve sparked revolutions, preserved cultures, and even helped topple oppressive regimes. Who’s your favorite famous author? What’s your favorite famous quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”

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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. – Oscar Wilde 50 A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. – Edward P. Morgan 32 Words were different when they lived inside of you.”– Benjamin AlireSáenz in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (bookmark from The Quiet Ones Speak) Happiness. That’s what books smells like. Happiness. That’s why I always wanted to have a book shop. What better life than to trade in happiness?”– Sarah MacLean in The Rogue Not Taken Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”–Carlos Ruiz Zafón in The Shadow of the Wind

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. – P.J. O’Rourke 8 A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” Other notable interests of Maxime are health (mental and physical), meditation, bananas, SEO, human potential, and education.This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” The real difference, though, lies in our attitude to reading. Gilbert K. Chesterton once said: “There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.”

Real meaning: During the abolition of the slave trade of the 19 th century, southern states in the US would continue to capture and sell slaves. These slaves would be shipped down the Mississippi River and sold.You’ve probably heard a few of these common phrases before, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of them. Let’s look at some examples of the most commonly heard phrases:

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”– Louisa May Alcott in Work: A Story of Experience(mug from The Scarlett Llama)That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”– Jhumpa Lahiri in The Namesake Real meaning: As old sayings go, this one is the most literal I can find. 18 th-century playwright John Dennis wanted an authentic sound of thunder to give his play more gravitas. So he invented a thunder-making machine.