Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.

Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.

It's a great place to parade as well as graze. He can keep an eye on his harem, and he can see other elk coming.

At a time when she was engaged to Stilton Cheesewright, I remember recording in the archives that she was tall and willowy with a terrific profile and luxuriant platinum blond-hair, the sort of girl who might, as far as looks were concerned, have been the star unit of the harem of one of the better-class sultans.

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

Have you really read all those books in your room?”

Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read.