Rediscovered Bookshop

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

When you are reading books, you are in a way listening to what the book has to say to you. This makes you a good listener as well.