“Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!”

“NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?
Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.”

“Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.”

“It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.”

“The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight…and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.”

“How many disappointments are conducive to bitterness? One or a thousand, depending on the subject.”

“Outwardly, what is simpler than to write books? Outwardly, what obstacles are there for a woman rather than for a man? Inwardly, I think, the case is very different; she has still many ghosts to fight, many prejudices to overcome. Indeed it will be a long time still, I think, before a woman can sit down to write a book without finding a phantom to be slain, a rock to be dashed against. And if this is so in literature, the freest of all professions for women, how is it in the new professions which you are now for the first time entering?”

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.”