“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”

“Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.”

“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”

“What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?”

“Books are the most tolerant of friends.”

“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”

“I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”

“Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get mad at him. It makes you mean and petty. But twenty-five cent books are different.”

“Nobody steals books but your friends.”