Top Books Quotes

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

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

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber-

Could thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou might shew thy judgement the sooner?

How my adventures become your sins?

It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.

Whatever you call me, my parents encouraged me to go to college and become a book lover, and to trust that I could do nearly anything if I could find the right book at the library.It was true; books h...

I know having a job can sometimes be very challenging, but not having one can be too.

The forgiveness of God flows through me and because I am forgiven, I can forgive.

Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturd...

It did occur to me that the effect of good literature may be as dizzying as that of alcohol.

distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)

I will only start taking book reviews seriously from the day that books are able to review readers.

Books are a narcotic.

A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, i...

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it.

Some books you read and savor. Some, you carry close to your heart.

Don't take purposeless people as your leaders. Their life is like an empty book with a nice cover paper and you have attempted to buy it. Of which use will it be to you for you to read blank pages.