J'ai commencé ma vie comme je la finirai sans doute : au milieu des livres.

This was what he had once upon a time expected and hoped of all books that he opened, that each be the one book he required, his own book.

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

el maestre amaba los libros tanto como Samwell Tarly. Comprendía cómo se podía sumergir uno en ellos, como si cada página fuera un agujero abierto que daba a otro mundo.

His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.

One receives the impression from his writings that he made it his plan to read any book whatever that no one else can bear to read.

He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends.

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination

He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.

Though he would sometimes not touch a book for a week, he generally spent part of each day in reading…if he sat in the library an hour, he would have half a dozen volumes around him, on the table, on chairs and on the floor. He seemed to read a few pages here and a few pages there, and pass from place to place, from volume to volume…sometimes (though very rarely) he would get sufficiently interested in a volume to read it all.

Los muchos libros a unos hicieron sabios y a otros locos

Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries