“ If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs. Anne Fadiman
“ Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones. He'll often take better care of his books than of his own health; he'll spend more… Mikita Brottman
“ Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities. Willie van Peer
“ Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. Anne Rice
“ But now books and men had gone their separate ways. Who has the patience for a book? Only a book. John M. Keller
“ I'm so glad I have my own copy. I can read them again and again. I can read them again and again on trains, all my life, and every time I do I'll remember today and it will connect up. (Is that magic?… Jo Walton
“ We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun. Kevin Smokler
“ You are a lover of the wordsa soul mate to the storyeverything becomes a part of youfrom my fingertips to your eyesfrom my heart to yours Amanda Linsmeier
“ For me, every book is an individual with its own identity and has to be nurtured and taken care of, so that it may survive for a longer period. Anurag Shourie
“ I perceived quite early that I was a reader, and most of the people I came into contact with were not. It made a barrier. What they wanted to talk about were things they had eaten, touched, or done. W… Frederik Pohl
“ All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over. Eugene Field
