“Books do furnish a room.”
“nothing furnishes a room like books”
“To look at those (few) books in the dawning recognition that what they furnish is not a room, but a self.”
“The room was plainly but adequately furnished; she noted the shower stall in the bathroom beyond. Actually, she would have preferred a tub, but this would do. ”
“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”
“Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!”