“Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time” Edwin P. Whipple

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See more quotes by Edwin Percy Whipple, (1819 - 1886) an American essayist and critic, in Dictionary of Library and Information Science Edited by Mohamed Taher and L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994), pages 377-378.

John Mortimer: 'I don't believe in children's books

 

'I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything.' (Books and Bookmen, May, 1986)

More similar quotes are in Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations Edited by Mohamed Taher and L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) (p 276.)