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Books are the experiences of thousands of years in various nations and eras, and the experience of a single individual cannot amount to more than a few years. No matter how much a person eats, he will not eat with more than one stomach, and no matter what he wears, he will not wear on more than one body, and no matter how much he moves in the country, he will not be able to He collects lives in two places, but with the increase of thought, feeling, and imagination, he can collect lives while sitting reading a book. With the increase of thought, feeling, and imagination, he can collect lives in one lifetime, and he can double his thought and feeling. And his imagination...just as the feeling of mutual love doubles, and the image doubles between two mirrors, life also doubles by sitting with books..Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad says, "I love books because one life is not enough, and nothing offers him more than one life except reading."