“ Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit, and I suppose that is neither innocent nor praiseworthy. Of that lamen… W. Somerset Maugham
“ It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere. Anyone who needs further explication of this eccentricity can find it use… Robin McKinley
“ To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books. Carlos María Domínguez
“ In an established love of reading there is a policy of insurance guaranteeing certain happiness till death. A. Edward Newton
“ A fig for your precious society with its bridge parties, its inane chatter, its cheap mentality; its dances and vulgar banquets; its snobbery and cheap pretension. The humblest library can show you up… E. Norman Torry
