It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want read more

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.