...the Books We Need Are The Kind That Act Upon Us Like A Misfortune, That Make Us Suffer Like The Death Of A Person We Love More Than Ourselves, That Make Us Feel As Though We Were On The Verge Of Suicide, Or Lost In A Forest Remote From All Human Habitation--a Book Should Serve As The Ax For The Frozen Sea Within Us. - SearchQuotes

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...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, or lost in a forest remote from all human habitation--a book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Franz Kafka

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