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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 133 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) |
| QUOTATION: | Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, “An Apology for Idlers,” Virginibus Puerisque and Later Essays, p. 80 (1969). Written between 1874–1879. |
| SUBJECTS: | Books |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| WORKS: | Robert Louis Stevenson Collection |
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