“Without books, I would certainly die.”
“To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself.”
“Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s. ”
“One must own that there are certain books which can be read without the mind and without the heart, but still with considerable enjoyment.”
“Life without Music would be a Mistake. Life without Books would be Catastrophic!”
“But the way I see it, dying without knowing love would be a tragedy.”