Books

If you want a new idea, read an old book.

If you want a new idea, read an old book.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Charles Dickens

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

Abraham Lincoln

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

Robert Louis Stevenson

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

Thomas Jefferson