Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.

I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

What is it with you and that book?"
Rafael laughed. "We have a personal relationship.

Once you read a classic, you will start loving even the smell of the books.

We live for books.