“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”
- Barrow
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
- Mason Cooley
“Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.”
- Arthur Helps