"Be sure then to read no mean..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Meek young men grow up in libraries.”

“The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.”

“Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.”

“This book is to be read in bed.”

“I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.”

“Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book -I call that vicious!”

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you.”

“Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage.”

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”