“ If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs. Anne Fadiman
“ Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones. He'll often take better care of his books than of his own health; he'll spend more… Mikita Brottman
“ Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities. Willie van Peer
“ Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. Anne Rice
“ But now books and men had gone their separate ways. Who has the patience for a book? Only a book. John M. Keller
“ I'm so glad I have my own copy. I can read them again and again. I can read them again and again on trains, all my life, and every time I do I'll remember today and it will connect up. (Is that magic?… Jo Walton
“ We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun. Kevin Smokler
