“A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.”

“May I keep this book forever. May this book and this body outlast my love. May this book and this body love me as I love its length, its breadth, its thickness, its text, its skin, its letters, its punctuation, its quiet and its noisy pages.”

“Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”

“a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages.”

“I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better.”

“If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.”

“A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.”

“A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.”

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ”

“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.”