Book Quotes of the Week

"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves." E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

"The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value." Washington Irving

"Books are the plane and the train and the road.They are the destination and the journey. They are home." Anna Quindlen

"There’s nothing to match curling up with a good book when there’s a repair job to be done around the house." Joe Ryan

"Every book contains a life. The more we read the more we live." N.N.

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[If anyone can tell me the originator of this quote, I'd be very thankful and would happily include the name.]