In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many ... - Arno Penzias

This quote is attributed to Arno Penzias.

"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you."

Arno Penzias Literature

Astrophysicist German-American Born 1933 (age 93)

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