When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive.

Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep.

A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

As in the sexual experience, there are never more than two persons present in the act of reading-the writer, who is the impregnator, and the reader, who is the resspondent. This gives the experience of reading a sublimity and power unequalled by any other form of communication.