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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.