Books Quotes

"A library implies an act of faith" "“Leisure without books is death, and burial”" "When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today..." "The extremists are afraid of books and pens." "I thought that words and books and pens are more powerful than guns." "I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library." "There is more than one way to burn a book, and the world is full of people running about with lit matches." "Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book" "Travel? Absurdly easy: with one book out of Toulouse I'm in Florence before five o' the clock." "For me, the Library is a temple." "Books are the mirrors of the soul" "Some books should be tasted, others devoured" "It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between." "I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." "Books and harlots have their own glow"