The Quotable Book Lover - Library

* "Medicine for the soul."
Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes.

 "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."
Salman Rushdie
Imaginary Homelands (1992)

"Here is where people, One frequently finds,
Lower their voices And raise their minds."
~Richard Armour, "Library"

I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book."
Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

*The Quotable Book Lover, edited by Ben Jacobs & Helena Hjalmarsson