books

"The Bookshop has a thousand books,All colors, hues, and tinges,And every cover is a doorThat turns on magic hinges."

"The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy."

"No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out."

"I read a book one day and my whole life was changed."

"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."

"Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books."

"My books are friends that never fail me."(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)"

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

"لا أحب الكتب الجديدة .. أنها تمنعني من قراءة الكتب القديمة"

"You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one."

"Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians."

"I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage."

"I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?"

"You've read half the books in this house? This whole house?""Well, approximately half."Sticky said. "To be more accurate, I suppose I've read more like"- his eyes went up as he calculated - "three sevenths? Yes, three sevenths.""Only three sevenths?"said Kate, pretending to look disappointed. "And here I was prepared to be impressed."

"And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you weren't flattered, right? I mean, to have a girl two thousand miles away going to pieces over you, weeping at the mere memory of you, losing her appetite, losing herself and self-respect - well, that's trophy enough for any guy's ego, huh?"

"You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time."

"Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world."

"And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?"

"Un libro leído a medias es una aventura amorosa incompleta."

"The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!"