Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.