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.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words read more

One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading read more

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

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.

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.