#books

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#illiteracy #reading #money

I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly intend to read all of them, more or less. My intentions are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#money

But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself with the vow that when she grew up, she would work hard, save money and buy every single book that she liked. ↗

— Betty Smith

#reading #money

And as I surveyed the clutter of his study I was pleased to see that he was a man after my own heart. All of his money appeared to have been spent on either books or shelves to hold them. ↗

— Ross King

#bookshelf #reading #money

In those days, there was no money to buy books. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#memoir #reading #money

Nature and books belong to all who see them. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#nature

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener. ↗

— Paula Fox

#children #reading #nature

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. ↗

— John Muir

#books #nature #nature

Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#respect

I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#literature #reading #religion