“Sartor Resartus is simply unreadable, and for me that always sort of spoils a book.”

“The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.”

“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

“An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.”

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”

“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”

“The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.”

“If many great books seem unreadable and unintelligible … it may be because we have not for a long time learned to read by reading them. Great books teach people not only how to read them, but how to read all other books.”

“I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.”

“She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.”