For Arthur, words gathered in waterfall thoughts that spilled off the page into the pools of imaginaton collecting in his head.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.

the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.

Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them.

Books are like oxygen to a deep-sea diver," she had once said. "Take them away and you might as well begin counting the bubbles.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.

At times, I have been convinced that books hold all the material of life--at least all the stuff that fits between an A and a Z.

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.

those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers...

So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of dreams. And then tomorrows.

At the end of the day, it’s still up to you, and that’s the beauty of books. In so many ways, they never really end.

God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies cross them.