Private Libraries Quotes

“The visitor enters and says, "What a lot of books! Have you read them all?" ...The best answer is the one always used by Roberto Leydi: "And more, dear sir, many more," which freezes the adversary and plunges him into a state of awed admiration. But I find it merciless and angst-generating. Now I have fallen back on the riposte: "No, these are the ones I have to read by the end of the month. I keep the others in my office.”
― Umberto Eco

“Private libraries were extraordinary, Lady Elspeth de Moray mused. To have an entire room filled with books--- in one's own house--- seemed quite fantastical. She'd eat, sleep, and daydream surrounded by stories and be completely happy.”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, No Ordinary Duchess