“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”

“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life — and one is as good as the other.”

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.”

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”

“Why was my own dress good enough to live in, and not good enough to die in?”

“The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.”

“Cain has built a city. For God's Eden he substitutes his own, for the goal given to his life by God, he substitutes a goal chosen by himself.”

“The way to get rid of darkness is with light; the way to overcome cold is with heat; the way to overcome the negative thought is to substitute the good thought. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish."

- The power of your subconcious mind”

“I look at life like a big book and sometimes you get half way through it and go 'Even though I've been enjoying it, I've had enough. Give us another book”

“I left my fingerprints somewhere - that's good enough. I am my own person - that's good enough. I stand my ground - that's good enough.”