“She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.”

“Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.”

“He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books.”

“Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading.”

“Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”

“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.”

“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.”

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”

“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can”

“buying books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”