books

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

"Reader's Bill of Rights1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes"

"Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?"

"I have never been able to resist a book about books."

"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable."

"Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them."

"Have you thought of an ending?""Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.""Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?""It will do well, if it ever came to that.""Ah! And where will they live? That's what I often wonder."

"Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted."

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."

"From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."

"Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told."

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

"If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you."

"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."

"CUSTOMER: If I were to, say... meet the love of my life in this bookshop, what section do you think they would be standing in?"

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books"

"I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…"

"I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them."

"Literature is the real life of imaginary people."

"How do you explain to a nonreader that books aren't just things but treasured friends? Companions?"