Even the names of the books gave me food for thought.
It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it - and that to my mind is one of the best tests...
In fact, when I finally shuffle off this mortalcoil, you will have to pry a book out of my cold, dead hands.
The only things that erased my lonliness were written works
....her life would be a giddy crossword, working down from some clues and across from others.
Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.
My mother was an avid reader...She loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes...
I had spent the dayfriendless, lonely and sad,a stranger to myself.After drowning the dayon the sea shore,I walked backto my empty houseon the deserted street.The momentI opened the door,the book on m...
We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it takes time to distill what we've read before we can...
Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.
Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.
Sometimes I think books are the only friends worth having.
Who made you Queen of Literacy? Go sit in your car!
Oh for a book and a shady nook,Either indoors or out,with the green leaves whispering overhead,or the street cries all about.Where I may read at all my easeboth of the new and old,For a jolly good boo...
Books are like friends to me. Words come alive on the page.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
You're never alone when you're reading a book.
Finding the book was like kissing a lightning bolt.
At the end of the story of my life, I want to say it was the best book I had ever read.
The worth of a book is infinite.