“ You are judged many times more by what you give assent to others doing than what you do yourself. Compton Gage
“ The starvation of a child has no justification, even if the crops have failed, or the population is too large. Compton Gage
“ Flowers don't tell, they show. That's the way good books should be too."--Stephanie Skeem. Author of Flotsam Stephanie Skeem
“ Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live. Gustave Flaubert
“ The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen
“ It was a pity that most people didn't actually go to libraries anymore, not when they could sit in the comfort of their own quarters and access files electronically. Want to read the new hot interstel… Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
“ Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're… Dodie Smith
“ When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. Clifton Fadiman
“ When the press and problems of humanity become too much, I love to escape into books, where people are served up in digestible portions and can be pushed to one side when one is satiated. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the most enormous library, and I'd like to think that I could read those books forever a… Richard Francis Burton
“ I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me. Abbas Al-Akkad
“ I like to read books one after another. Immerse myself in a book, and then immerse myself in the next book, and just keep going until there aren't any more books left to swim in. That's why I hate whe… Alison McGhee
“ They say you can judge a person by their book, but I say they will hide under the covers. Mozaiah Thompson
“ Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later. Patricia C. Wrede
“ Books have a complete disregard for your feelings. They don't care if you are crying. They are going to continue making you cry. Love The Stacks Bookstore
“ He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea - for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books. Edgar Rice Burroughs
