"The earth was made so various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change
And pleased with novelty, might be indulged." - William Wordsworth
"He, nor man nor woman, nor both,
Remember by him undeceas'd,
Our greatest and our smallest needs,
Nor think he reads who reads him not." - Emily Dickinson
"I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine." - Oliver Goldsmith
"I cannot but think of the old man sitting in the sun,
Reading his book, and always there,
His thoughts as gentle as his face,
And his face as serene as his thoughts." - William Butler Yeats
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King
"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich
"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future." - Ray Bradbury
"The library is the people's university." - Andrew Carnegie