I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.

The reading of good books could soothe human stupidity, the problem is that human stupidity does not like to read.

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.

You can believe history books when they tell you when wars were fought. You just can’t trust them as to why.

You want to give him the book of his own life, the book that will locate him, parent him, arm him for the changes.

Books are meat and medicineand flame and flight and flowersteel, stitch, cloud and clout,and drumbeats on the air.

Then it is not uncommon for a man to become lost in a single letter, or hear a voice rise up from the silent page.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

I love that books allow us to experience other lives without us ever having to change where we live or who we are.

Last night I read two books back to back. Tonight I’ll probably read both of those books’ front covers.

A favorite song or tune may stay on your mind for hours. A good book will stay on your mind until you find another.

I believe we do well to fall asleep each night with books. We enter the library of our dreams in good company then.

I generally give the title-page a fair chance," Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.