“A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is...like a life without pictures.”

“Life without Music would be a Mistake. Life without Books would be Catastrophic!”

“Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.”

“All lives are composed of two basic elements," the squirrel said, "purpose and poetry. By being ourselves, squirrel and raven, we fulfill the first requirement, you in flight and I in my tree. But there is poetry in the meanest of lives, and if we leave it unsought we leave ourselves unrealized. A life without food, without shelter, without love, a life lived in the rain—this is nothing beside a life without poetry.”

“Life without a Kindle is like life without a library nearby.”

“A book without conversation, is like a life without friends, you know it's going to end, but you want it to be soon.”