she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.

You sell a man a book, you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.

I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.

In 1,000 pages of Orafoura’s novel, I noticed he repeated one word twice. It really stood out to me. The word? Sit.

Her concept of paradise was something more immediate: a book and a blanket beneath a tree, where she might read in peace.

Read positive books; see positive things and surround yourself with positive thinkers; life will be full with positivity.

As someone who has to teach for a living, I shouldn't be saying this, but the planet can do quite well without books.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!

In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don’t know how to read them.

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us.

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

Without a doubt,I must read,all the booksI've read about.See the artworkshung on hooks,that I have only,seen in books.