books

"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book."

"The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night."

"Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end."

"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

"His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling."

"You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."

"Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers."

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."

"A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement."

"The feel of them (books) and the smell of them. A bookshop was like an Aladdin's cave for me. Entire worlds and lives can be found just behind that glossy cover. All you had to do was look."Claire (Watermelon)"

"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay."

"My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table."

"I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody."

"As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and ink inside the covers so that the smell of unread words hung in the air."

"Good books are about everything."

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

"Books allow you to take flight, unlike the chicken wings I stapled to my back before eating them."

"Books didn’t make me wallow in darkness, darkness made me wallow in books."

"I wanted to live among books."