“A book is a gift you can open again and again”

“Books are the mirrors of the soul”

“Sleep is good, he said, And books are better”

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures”

“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity”

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us”

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book”

“Books are a uniquely portable magic”

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love”

“There is no friend as loyal as a book”