The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.

When we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract

There is lots of scope for European banking deals.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.