We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading.
Death does not wait for you to be ready.
What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? ...of these things have I asked.
Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.
To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations.
There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place, and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the center of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing....
A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it you can't expect an apostle to look out.
The best plot twists are the ones you didn't expect.
I have loved many men, but only one in real life. All of the other men who have ever stolen my heart in more than friendship, are in books.
Keep moving. Don't get bogged down. Don't think about the bad stuff. Smile and joke even when you don't feel like it.
The 'one book' which hasn't been written yet, even thenpersistent a book is being written by me, and might never end!While, I survive inside my brain with someone.
What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it ex
I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.
Always buy pornographic books in hardback because they're easier to hold with one hand.
Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot.
If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.
I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself.
I spent all the money I had, to get the sacred books of my life.
There can be no forced inspiration.
Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.