In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.
Life happened because I turned the pages.
In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.
A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.