“He had a small but well stocked library. He loved books; books are a remote but reliable friend.”
“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”
“It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books!" he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the small library. (Al)”
“Some say they get lost in books, but I find myself, again and again, in the pages of a good book. Humanly speaking, there is no greater teacher, no greater therapist, no greater healer of the soul, than a well-stocked library.”
“There was an extensive collection of cookbooks in the well-stocked library, and he took to pouring over these in the evenings.”
“A good book is a good friend. He will talk to you if you want him to talk, but will shut up if you don't want him to talk. - A library is a collection of good friends.”