This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher: to share in grand conversations about books, to spread the joy, to initiate and welcome students into the fraternity, into...the club of clubs, to travel…

Quote by Jeffrey D Wilhelm

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A book without an index is like a mind without a memory

A book without an index is like a mind without a memory

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

We go to a book as Narcissus went to the fountain, see ourselves therein, and...

We go to a book as Narcissus went to the fountain, see ourselves therein, and...

Books allowed my imagination to take flight - and it hasn't landed yet.

Books allowed my imagination to take flight - and it hasn't landed yet.

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck; washing His feet with tears,...

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck; washing His feet with tears,...

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure...

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure...

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought...

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate...

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

Books are embalmed minds

Books are embalmed minds

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.