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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.