"I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know that my books have unlimited patience. They will wait for me till the end of my days."
"Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted."
"In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long."
"In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian."
"Unpacking books is a revelatory activity."
"Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read."