“One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life….”

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”

“A book that one has not read yet is always more exciting than a book one has memorized.”

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to sink in and die.”

“I've developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books.”

“Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.”

“The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.”

“If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print.”

“The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.”

“There is more to be gained by producing more opportunities than by optimizing existing ones.”