“Sid Hite makes the greatest books”

“For Sid, playing with monsters was the equivalent of playing with genders.”

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

“The greatest university is a collection of books.”

“The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”

“Then he skipped out, and saw Sid just starting up the outside stairway that led to the back rooms on the second floor. Clods were handy and the air was full of them in a twinkling. They raged around Sid like a hail-storm; and before Aunt Polly could collect her surprised faculties and sally to the rescue, six or seven clods had taken personal effect, and Tom was over the fence and gone. There was a gate, but as a general thing he was too crowded for time to make use of it. His soul was at peace, now that he had settled with Sid for calling attention to his black thread and getting him into trouble.”