“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”

“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.”

“This book is not a biography; it is the confession of every man who struggles. In publishing it I have fulfilled my duty, the duty of a person who struggled much, was embittered in his life,

and had many hopes. I am certain that
every free man who reads this book, so filled as it
is with love, will more than ever before, love
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“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?… Was ever anything so civil?”

“There's more to life than books you know, but not much more”

“Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”

“No two persons ever read the same book.”

“I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.”

“Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.”

“I think no book is more stimulating than the history of a devoted and successful life.”