Portal:Books/Quotes

"A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket."
 * -Arabian proverb

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."
 * -Charles W. Eliot

"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."
 * -Anatole Broyard

"The books that help you the most are those which make you think."
 * -Theodore Parker