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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
"Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
Reading offers imaginative travel beyond a reader’s immediate surroundings. The saying expresses one pleasure of books without exhausting the reasons people read.
Key takeaway:
Use reading to explore experiences beyond your own.
Origin of the quote
Widely attributed to Twain in modern quotation collections.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe located entry supplies no work or dated statement. An original Twain source was not established.
