“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”

“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, and effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasently entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes." - Barrow”

“He that loves a book will never want a [close] friend,a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocentlydivert and pleasantly entertain himself,as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”

“Gains for all our lossesThere are gains for all our lossesThere are balms for all our painsBut when youth the dream departsIt takes some thing from our heartsAnd never comes againWe are stronger and are betterUnder manhood’s sterner reignStill we feel that some thing sweet Followed youth with flying feetAnd will never come again.Some thing beautiful has vanishedAnd we sigh for it in vainWe behold it every where----On the earth and in the air----But it never comes again.”

“Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, but appropriate actions in an imperfect one.”

“When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.”

“I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking in a bookstore for the salary, and no one in his right mind would want to own one-- the margin of profit is too small. So, it has to be a love of readers and reading that makes them do it-- along with first dibs on the new books.”