Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

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.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

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 open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

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

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read read more

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.