Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and makes us relive the emotions that filled it. Happy hours underlined in red pencil, dark ones in black.

She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes she will kill.

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

Never trust a man who reads only one book.