Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

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.

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.