Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.