A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.