There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Never lend books – nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
No two persons ever read the same book.
Our backs tell stories our books have no spine to carry.
When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Books are humanity in print.
A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside of us.
No two persons ever read the same book.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.
Never lend books – nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
