"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." ~ W. Fusselman
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations – such is a pleasure beyond compare. ~ Kenko Yoshida
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends, and the most patient of teachers. ~ Charles W. Eliot
I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub—not an invitation I offer lightly. ~ Gina Barreca, The Book that Changed My Life
I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket. ~ Rick Moody, This I Believe