Words worth keeping

... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

So many books, so little time.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.