"A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket."

-Arabian proverb

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."

-Charles W. Eliot

"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."

-Anatole Broyard

"The books that help you the most are those which make you think."

-Theodore Parker