“The books I like the best are thoseThat give us more than what they say -- They simply open countless doorsThrough which our thoughts can roam away.”

“To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.”

“There is nothing more wonderful than a book. It may be a message to us from the dead, from human souls we never saw who lived perhaps thousands of miles away, and yet these little sheets of paper speak to us, arouse us, teach us, open our hearts and in turn open their hearts to us like brothers. Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, philosophy lame.”

“They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but sometimes I think God has overestimated what I can take.”

“I love you more than I can say, than I can even think and what you give me takes my breath away, but breathing is overrated when I can kiss you.”

“It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we may not open a book, once read, for ten years or more. But the act of reading has made it part of us - to relinquish it would be to lose an extension of our being.”