I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. ~Mark Twain, attributed
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
~George W. Bush
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. ~William Hazlitt
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. ~Steven Wright
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. ~Abraham Lincoln
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. ~E.P. Whipple
He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. ~Groucho Marx
A blessed companion is a book, - a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,... a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. ~Douglas Jerrold
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