#books

"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

"You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book."

"[…] marginile unei cărţi nu sunt niciodată clar şi riguros trasate: dincolo de titlu, de primele rânduri şi de punctul final, mai presus de configuraţia sa internă şi de forma care îi conferă autonomie, ea se află prinsă într-un sistem de trimiteri la alte cărţi, la alte texte, la alte fraze: este un nod într-o reţea."

"Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was an infinite but knowable place. Every fact she learned seemed to open another question, and for every question there was another book."

"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else."

"Books are challenging and inspirational to me."

"A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think."

"The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the content."

"I only want power so I can get books."

"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."

"There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.Someone had stolen a book."

"The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it."

"Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems."

"I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end."

"My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy."

"The problem with books is that they end."

"Your mind is your library of what you read."

"A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old."

"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

"When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness."