Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. –Author Unknown

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy. –Edward P. Morgan

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. –Oscar Wilde

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. –Anna Quindlen, “Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times, 7 August 1991

A good book has no ending. –R.D. Cumming