The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

You Can't Be A Hero To The World, If Your Aren't First A Hero In Your Home!

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

Bookshop Customer: 'Who wrote the bible?'Customer's friend: 'Jesus.

In 1994, the average person spent $79 on books as compared to $56 on recorded music.

The worst book imaginable has a redeeming quality if it gets a young person to read.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren t very new at all

Each time you open a book and read it a tree smiles knowing there s life after death

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

And she is the readerwho browses the shelfand looks for new worldsbut finds herself.

The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things.

I just wrote the book of love. Well, I coauthored it with Cupid and Nicholas Sparks.

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children.