#books

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart."

"يظن الغمر أن الكتب تهدى ... ... أخاً فهم لإدراك العلوموما يدرى الجهول بأن فيها ... ... غوامض حيرت عقل الفهيمإذا رمت العلوم بغير شيخ ... ... ضللت عن الصراط المستقيموتلتبس الأمور عليك حتى ... ... تصير أضل من 'توما الحكيم"

"Never Let anyone tell you that you can't; show them that you can."

"Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink."

"I think a good book is a good book forever.I don't think they get less good because times change."

"The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper."

"Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house, and dark square is a picture feverishly turned--in search of what? It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?"

"Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself."

"This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends."

"It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians."

"My bookcase is all yours."I walked to the door. "I've just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world."

"Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read."

"I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself."

"My library is an archive of longings."

"Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head."

"Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places."

"Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches."

"This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward the binding, and finally, with a sigh of regret, I just grab the book and open it, hungrily reading the story."

"Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self."

"If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...>Time to read is always time stolen. <...>Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living.”- p.125"