"I love to go the library to borrow books. But I also enjoyed buying books to create my sacred library."
- Lailah Gifty Akita
"I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me."
- Tahereh Mafi
"Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted."
- Alberto Manguel
"My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices, by scanning their bookcases than by snooping in their closest. ..."
- Anne Fadiman
"Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, “Nothing is more important than an unread library."
- Austin Kleon
"Built-in shelves line my bedroom, adjacent to my Japanese platform bed, purchased for its capacious rim, the better to hold those books that must be immediately accessible. Yet still they pile on my n..."
- Pamela Paul
"Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy."
- Louis L'Amour
"My books are my brain and my heart made visible."
- Merilyn Simonds
"Simply put, I love books, physical books. I own so many--many of which I have not read (yet). I just need to have them . On shelves. In piles. In random conference tote bags. Paper magazines and newsp..."
- Donna Talarico
"How can you be bored? There are so many books to read!"