Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may s... - Mark Twain

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

"A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it."

"′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read."

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."