Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

There are two things that grant a bit of immortality: books and children

If a book doesn’t inspire you to read more, it was not worth read.

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.

Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered.

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge

If a book is worth reading, it will most probably be worth reading twice.

You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

I lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off.

Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.

Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.

If she wanted to enter an otherworld, all she had to do was open a novel.