The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Author: George Orwell

Also found in:

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.