Books, books, books had found the secret of a garret-room
piled high with cases in my father's name;
Piled high, packed large, --where, creeping in and out
among the giant fossils of my past, like some small nimble mouse
between the ribs of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
at this or that box, pulling through the gap, in heats
of terror, haste, victorious joy, the first book first.
And how I felt it beat under my pillow, in the morning's dark.
An hour before the sun would let me read!
My books!
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A book is good company.
It is full of conversation without loquacity.
It comes to your longing with full instruction,
but pursues you never.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. ~ Louisa May Alcott
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story.
And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. ~ John Berger
There is no past, so long as book shall live! ~Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~ Joseph Brodsky
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear. ~ E.S. Barrett
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. ~ Dawn Adams
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book. ~ Coolio
I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. ~ Scott Corbett
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. ~ Samuel Butler
In books lies the soul of the whole past time. ~ Thomas Carlyle
All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been -- it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. ~ Thomas Carlyle
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ~ Oswald Chambers
After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules,
without words or anger, without bread or money.
If you approach them, they are not asleep; if you seek them,
they do not hide; if you blunder, they do not scold;
if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.
~ Richard De Bury
He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend,
a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.
By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently
divert and pleasantly entertain himself,
as in all weathers, as in all fortunes. ~ Barrow
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