“All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape." 

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.” 
 


“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” 

“How my life has been brought to undiscovered lands, and how much richer it gets - all from words printed on a page.... How a book can have 560 pages, but in only three pages change the reader's life.” 




“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”