A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
A good book has no ending.
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.
We dont need a list of rights and wrongs, we need books, time, and silence.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
Reading brings us unknown friends.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
I can't live without books.
Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
Keep calm and read a book.
I was born with a reading list I will never finish.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of the past centuries.
No two persons ever read the same book.
Sleep less, read more.
If you don't get it, that's okay. But you probably should read more.
A home without books is like a tree without birds.
