#books

"The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries."

"What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud."

"What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?"

"All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words."

"Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience."

"My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water."

"if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading."

"I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart."

"I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows."

"Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach."

"Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion."

"His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling."

"The books brought brilliance to my life, and they brought an understanding: Life is a story. Everything that has happened and will happen to me is all part of the story of this enchanted place - all the dreams and visions and understandings that come to me in my dungeon cell. The books helped me see the truth is not in the touch of the stone but in what the stone tells you."

"Good books are about everything."

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."

"If I could convert books to wine, I’d start with The Grapes of Wrath. I’ve never read it, but maybe tonight I’ll be thirsty enough."

"If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment."

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading."