A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

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.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the read more

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 for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be read more

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.