"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."
— Terry Pratchett (Reaper Man)

"If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."
— H.L. Mencken

"'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (In Memoriam)

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."
— Mark Twain

"And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."
— Kurt Vonnegut (A Man Without a Country)

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
— Charles W. Eliot

"A house without books is like a room without windows."
— Horace Mann

"My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."
— Malcolm X

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
— G.K. Chesterton

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the inheritance of generations and nations."
— Henry David Thoreau

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
— Socrates

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."
— Bob Marley

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
— Plutarch

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
— Elbert Hubbard

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
— Mark Twain

"I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
— Thomas Jefferson

"A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."
— Terry Pratchett (Guards! Guards!)

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
— Charlie Chaplin

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

""Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos were lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armor and shouting 'All Gods are bastards.'" p.7
"The Color of Magic"
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— Terry Pratchett (Author)

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
— Henry David Thoreau

"...be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be."
— Henry David Thoreau