“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”

“Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God’s greatest gift to man…. Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. It is inherent in the spirit of man. It is a divine gift to every normal being… Everyone has this most precious of all life’s endowments--the gift of free agency--man’s inherited and inalienable right.”

David O. McKay (1873–1970) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion… and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself - ultimate cost for perfect value.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Starship Troopers

“To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.”

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic

“Life was treasure. The only treasure.”

Octavia E. Butler book Imago

“Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!”

Ruth Ozeki book A Tale for the Time Being

“Remember… life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”

Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator

“Books. Cats. Life is good.”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author

“Twas not that life or death itself was good,
That these heroic spirits shed their blood:
This was their aim, and this their latest cry,
'Let us preserve our honour, live or die.'”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives