The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.
There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all.
So many books, so little time.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
The world was hers for the reading.
Books may well be the only true magic.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
I cannot live without books.
I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go into another room and read a book.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.