The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled 'This could change your life.'
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
So many books, so little time.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
I cannot live without books.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.
The book you don't read won't help.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.