“ Books connect us readers to what we cannot see but imagine, an intangible sort of wonder and magic. Stephanie Morales
“ Desire overwhelmed me once she had gone. But it was not a desire for Homer. I had to return to the library. I could already smell the books' muskiness and in my mind turned over pages with as many dif… Christine Aziz
“ In 1994, the average person spent $79 on books as compared to $56 on recorded music. Richard L. Brandt
“ Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two hasn't ended. Be aware, and make him aware, that tomorrow all of its remaining… Joseph Hansen
“ Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book. Patti Smith
“ Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading. A.N.L. Munby
“ Books are like people: fascinating, inspiring, thought-provoking, some laugh, some meditate, others ache with old age, but still have wisdom: some are disease-ridden, some deceitful; but others are a… Gladys M. Hunt
“ I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book. A.S.W. Rosenbach
“ Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ I enjoy sharing my books as I do my friends, asking only that you treat them well and see them safely home. Ernest Morgan
“ I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please. Michel de Montaigne
“ The act of true reading is in its very essence democratic. Consider the nature of what happens when we read a book - and I mean, of course, a work of literature, not an instruction manual or a textboo… Philip Pullman
“ Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider. Francis Bacon
“ All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then… Katherine Paterson
“ Few pleasures, for the true reader, rival the pleasure of browsing unhurriedly among books: old books, new books, library books, other people's books, one's own books - it does not matter whose or whe… Aidan Chambers
“ The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last d… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave… Alberto Manguel
“ When a reader falls in love with a book, it leaves its essence inside him, like radioactive fallout in an arable field, and after that there are certain crops that will no longer grow in him, while ot… Salman Rushdie
“ I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether it's strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of wh… Cecelia Ahern
“ Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles William Eliot
