There is nothing more wonderful than a book. It may be a mes... - Charles Kingsley

"There is nothing more wonderful than a book. It may be a message to us from the dead, from human souls we never saw who lived perhaps thousands of miles away, and yet these little sheets of paper speak to us, arouse us, teach us, open our hearts and in turn open their hearts to us like brothers. Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, philosophy lame."

"It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means."