Robert Tostevin > Robert's Quotes

“If we wish to understand our own place on earth, we must seek to understand those who have gone on before us. We must look beyond the present moment and see ourselves reflected in the deep pool of time as individual elements of a greater humanity.”
― Ian Mortimer, The Outcasts of Time

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
― Terry Pratchett

“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2