“For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.”

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

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

“By prayer I mean not merely prayer from the mouth, but of the mind and heart, of all the powers of the soul and senses of the body. This is the prayer prayed by the soul who wills and desires to find this divine light, studying, meditating and reading without cease in the Book and the more-than-a-book of Life. This Book of Life is the entire life of Christ while he lived as a mortal on earth.”

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

“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.”

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

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”

“It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them.”

“We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.”