"I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paper work."
— Peter Devries

"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."
— Joyce Carol Oates

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

"A book is a garden carried in one's pocket."
— Chinese Proverb

"There are books by which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."
— Charles Dickens

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading."
— William Styron