“ No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith. Irvine Welsh
“ Mom, I feel good. This dress makes me feel like someone I didn't know I could be. I've never owned anything like it. But if when you see this - when you see me- you think it's a pity, that it's a sham… Julie Murphy
“ Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pass… M.R. James
“ Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less… George Eliot
“ Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish! Gerald Morris
“ They were just so different, and she kept wondering if he'd realize this was a mistake at some point; if, once she stopped being the novelty, the random American, he would recognize who she really was… Jennifer E. Smith
“ The nobles had made reading unpopular, as it showed that one couldn’t afford to buy spells or magical devices, since one had to get knowledge to do things the ordinary way; even if this view held litt… Colleen Chen
“ This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read more, the more you understand that you have, in fact, read nothing. There is no wa… Pamela Paul
“ To whom do books belong? The books we read and the books we write are both ours and not ours. They're also theirs. Pamela Paul
“ All of us are writers reading other people's writing, turning pages or clicking to the next screen with pleasure and admiration. All of us absorb other people's words, feeling like we have gotten to k… Pamela Paul
“ Whenever one of us introduced an old favorite, we savored the other's first delight like a shared meal eaten with a newly acquired gusto, as if we'd never truly tasted it before. Pamela Paul
“ Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry. Pamela Paul
“ Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--""Homes?" the doctor finished. "You are quite the heretic, for someone in a Library uniform.""Guilty. Rachel Caine
