Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings. -Sidonie Gabrielle

I can never read all the books I want, I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited. -Sylvia Plath

So much working, reading, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough. -Sylvia Plath

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. -Victor Hugo

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. -Victor Hugo

A library implies an act of faith. -Victor Hugo

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man -T.S. Eliot

When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! -Lewis Carroll

It’s amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live. -Christopher Paolini, Eragon

Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity. -Christopher Paolini